Systems analysis and improvement to optimize pMTCT (SAIA): a cluster randomized trial.

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Published in Implement Sci on May 08, 2014

Authors

Kenneth Sherr1, Sarah Gimbel, Alison Rustagi, Ruth Nduati, Fatima Cuembelo, Carey Farquhar, Judith Wasserheit, Stephen Gloyd, With input from the SAIA Study Team

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Global Health, University of Washington Schools of Medicine and Public Health, 1705 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. ksherr@uw.edu.

Associated clinical trials:

Systems Analysis and Improvement to Optimize pMTCT | NCT02023658

Building and Sustaining Interventions for Children: Task-sharing Mental Health Care in Low-resource Settings (BASIC) | NCT03243396

Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach for Prevention of MTC HIV Transmission (SAIA-SCALE) | NCT03425136

Expanding Health Systems Research to Optimize Hypertension Care Cascade in HIV-Infected Individuals in Mozambique (SCALESAIAHTN) | NCT05002322

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