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| X080331005 | Other Identifier | UNC |
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| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation | OTHER |
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In this study, the investigators will assess the population effectiveness of using routine HAART as a PMTCT strategy, through a community-based survey. The survey will be done in the catchment areas of four health clinics in rural Zambia both before and after giving routine ART in the clinics, so as to estimate population HIV-free survival among infants born in each target community.
The investigators hypothesize that incorporation of routine ART into PMTCT will increase the HIV-free survival of exposed infants to 75%.
The primary objective is to determine the incremental benefit of a routine ART strategy for PMTCT on a population basis, when compared to short-course Zidovudine and single-dose Nevirapine (the current PMTCT standard of care).
We will take advantage of planned implementation of a pilot project for routine ART across four primary care centres in rural Zambia (Kafue District). Using a community-based survey modeled after the Demographic and Health Survey, we will measure HIV-free survival among children under two years of age in the catchment areas surrounding these pilot sites, both before and after implementation of services. We will use before-after comparisons in each of these four communities to better understand the incremental benefit of providing these services.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Baseline evaluation | Prior to the implementation of the pilot project of giving routine HAART as a method of PMTCT, a minimum of 387 households with children under the age of two will be sampled within each community, for a total of 1,548 households for the first round. |
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| Following implementation | Two years after full implementation of the pilot project of giving routine HAART for PMTCT across all sites, a minimum of 387 households with children under the age of two will be sampled within each community, for a total of 1,548 households. [Note: At time of implementation, we used the same sampling frame for each community. Because of the population increased observed in parts of Kafue, the final number of households significantly exceeded the minimum threshold.] |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Community-based Survey | Other | Questionnaires will be used to record detailed information regarding demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, maternal medical history, recent obstetrical history (including access to preventive services for mother-to-child HIV transmission), and infant medical history. Infant deaths will also be recorded as part of the survey. In cases where either the mother or infant has died, we will perform verbal autopsy interviews (Appendix 5) with surviving family members to determine cause of death and gather information regarding HIV infection and/or exposure. Heel/finger pricks will be taken so as to perform dried blood spot cards, and test for HIV in children and adults. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Population HIV-free survival | 2 years |
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Inclusion Criteria:
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Households will be eligible for the full survey if they report that a child was born to a household member within the past two years. If the answer to this question is "yes," an attempt will be made to speak with the mother of the child. If the mother of the child is not available, then the primary care-taker of the child will be interviewed at that time.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Benjamin Chi, M.D. | Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Centre for Infectious Disease Reseach in Zambia | Lusaka | 34681 | Zambia |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 21470348 | Result | Turnbull E, Lembalemba MK, Guffey MB, Bolton-Moore C, Mubiana-Mbewe M, Chintu N, Giganti MJ, Nalubamba-Phiri M, Stringer EM, Stringer JS, Chi BH. Causes of stillbirth, neonatal death and early childhood death in rural Zambia by verbal autopsy assessments. Trop Med Int Health. 2011 Jul;16(7):894-901. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02776.x. Epub 2011 Apr 7. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D003643 | Death |
| D015658 | HIV Infections |
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| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D000086982 | Blood-Borne Infections |
| D003141 | Communicable Diseases |
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Finger/Heel pricks will be performed for Dried Blood Spot Cards.
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| D007239 | Infections |
| D015229 | Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral |
| D012749 | Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
| D016180 | Lentivirus Infections |
| D012192 | Retroviridae Infections |
| D012327 | RNA Virus Infections |
| D014777 | Virus Diseases |
| D000091662 | Genital Diseases |
| D000091642 | Urogenital Diseases |
| D007153 | Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |