Use of technology in follow-up of HIV positive pregnant women and their babies till 18 months of age- an innovation by Maharashtra State AIDS Control Society (MSACS), India
| Autor: | Asha S. Hegde, D.C.S. Reddy, Manish Bamrotiya, Kushalsinh Pardeshi, Kiran Yewale, Radhay Shyam Gupta, Surendra Kumar Yadav, Tejas Mulik, Tushar Rane, Sudha Balakrishnan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Gerontology
Telemedicine 020205 medical informatics education Immunology Population MEDLINE Developing country India HIV Infections 02 engineering and technology Appropriate technology 03 medical and health sciences early infant diagnosis 0302 clinical medicine Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Pregnancy Virology 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine Humans Mobile technology 030212 general & internal medicine Pregnancy Complications Infectious follow-up system education.field_of_study Internet Oncology (nursing) business.industry Infant Hematology medicine.disease Infectious Disease Transmission Vertical Infectious Diseases mobile technology Oncology Supplement Article Female business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS |
| ISSN: | 1746-6318 1746-630X |
| Popis: | Objective The purpose of this study is to assess the utility of web-based mobile technology monitoring tool, for ensuring linkages, and tracking of HIV-exposed child until 18 months of age. Methods The ‘early infant diagnosis (EID) Follow-up System’ was designed as a tool for reminding the field level staff for follow-up of HIV-exposed babies. Using Java Swing Framework, software was developed which generates automatic advance SMS alerts regarding patient information to the Counsellor of the respective Integrated Counselling and Testing Center and district supervisor, 7 days prior to due dates. Simultaneously, system generated e-mail is sent to district program officer for monitoring and updating the line-list. Results Before the introduction of ‘EID Follow-up System’ in June 2013, only 55.9% (637/1139) of the HIV-exposed babies born were tested at 6 weeks for DNA-Polymerase Chain Reaction during April 2011–March 2012. However, after its introduction, 68.4% (1117/1631) of them were tested during April 2012–March 2013. Correspondingly, the 18 months confirmatory HIV testing in eligible babies increased from 45.6% (934/2044) to 54.7%(1118/2044) during the same period. Conclusion The replicable technology driven initiative would help in strengthening the follow-up mechanisms and reach every HIV-exposed child for EID. |
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