Overcoming Shortcoming in Monitoring Retention in Option B+
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Date
2018
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SPEED Initiative
Abstract
The retention in care is a serious pointer of achievement for
the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission(PMTCT) care
program. The level of retention of women under PMTCT care
program at the different time points of the cascade of the
elimination of mother to child transmission (EMTCT) cascade
is critical to treatment outcomes. The current methods of
measuring retention in care, at health facility level are reported
to under-estimate overall retention since several women
self-transfer to other facilities without being accounted for.
Individual health facility retention is used in care assessment
and no attention is paid to transfers.
This policy memo provides information on the alternative
courses of action that may be taken to mitigate this issue of
retention in care, clearly stating the pros and cons of each
course of action. It also gives a recommendation for the best
course of action that should be taken.