Descriptive survey of antenatal HIV testing in London: policy, uptake, and detection

Antenatal HIV testing: current problems, future solutions. Survey of uptake in one London hospital.

patients: Chelsea and Westminster, Hillingdon, Central Middlesex, North Middlesex, West Middlesex, Milton Keynes, Northampton General, Northwick Park, Royal Free, and Watford General. Thanks to R Booy for fruitful discussions. Contributors: JNW, MOMcC, JAE, and SW set up and have monitored the infant HIV diagnostic service. JNW and GT-W were the instigators of this paper. EGHL wrote the paper a...

Factors affecting uptake of antenatal HIV testing in London: results of a multicentre study.

OBJECTIVES To measure the uptake of antenatal HIV testing and determine its relation to risk of HIV and to screening practices. DESIGN Multicentre prospective questionnaire study. SUBJECTS Pregnant women attending six maternity units. SETTING Inner London, 1995-6. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Uptake of testing by risk factors for HIV, ethnicity, and factors about the antenatal interview. RES...

Cost effectiveness of expanded antenatal HIV testing in London.

BACKGROUND Recently the Department of Health announced the introduction in England of voluntary universal HIV screening in early pregnancy to prevent vertical transmission. New data have shown the importance of HIV infection in infants born to mothers who were HIV-negative in early pregnancy and who acquired HIV later in pregnancy or during lactation. This requires consideration of repeat testi...

Antenatal detection of HIV: national surveillance and unlinked anonymous survey.

Uptake of antenatal screening for HIV infection can be high outside London too.

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