Long Term Outcomes of Therapy in Women Initiated on Lifelong ART Because of Pregnancy in DR Congo (CQI-PMTCT)
HIV/AIDS, Antiretroviral Therapy, Pregnancy Outcomes
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for HIV/AIDS
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women receiving care in one of the participating maternal and child health clinics
- HIV-exposed infants born from participating mothers
Exclusion Criteria:
- refuse to participate
Sites / Locations
- Kinshasa School of Public Health
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Continuous quality improvement (CQI)
Standard of care
Quality improvement initiatives implemented at facility level using participatory data-driven approaches and on-site monitoring and supervisory support
In health districts randomized to standard of care, the same strengthening of the data collection system for the monitoring of indicators as in the intervention group will be implemented. At least once a month, a study staff will visit each clinics irrespective of their randomization to extract information for the mother-infant register into an electronic database. No report on indicators will be produced for those clinic for the duration of the study. Staff from clinics and health district bureau in the standard of care group will not be associated with the quarterly review of the indicators. The study will not influence with any other HIV service provision activity in the standard of care group.