'Making the most of our situation': a qualitative study reporting health providers' perspectives on the challenges of implementing the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in Lagos, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the challenges of, and opportunities for, effective delivery of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services from the perspectives of primary healthcare providers in Lagos, Nigeria.

Design

This qualitative study consisted of nine focus groups with 59 health providers, analysed thematically.

Setting

Thirty-eight primary health facilities in central and western districts of Lagos, Nigeria.

Participants

Participants included nurses, nursing assistants, community health workers, laboratory workers, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, monitoring and evaluation staff and medical records personnel.

Results

Health providers' challenges included frustration with the healthcare system where unmet training needs, lack of basi

SUBMITTER: Kram NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8559101 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature