NDLI: An offer you can’t refuse? Provider-initiated HIV testing in antenatal clinics in rural Malawi

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An offer you can’t refuse? Provider-initiated HIV testing in antenatal clinics in rural Malawi

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Angotti, Nicole Dionne, Kim Yi Gaydosh, Lauren
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	International organizations promote provider-initiated, ‘routine’ HIV testing of pregnant women seeking antenatal care as an effort to curb mother-to-child transmission. We offer an account of the perceptions of HIV testing at antenatal clinics in rural Malawi. Although it is both international and Government of Malawi policy that women must be explicitly informed of their right to refuse testing, analysis of in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and evidence from observational field journals show that rural Malawians do not perceive HIV testing as a choice, but rather as compulsory in order to receive antenatal care. This study illustrates dissonance between global expectations and local realities of the delivery of HIV-testing interventions.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czq066
Ending Page	315
Page Count	9
Starting Page	307
File Format	PDF
ISSN	02681080
e-ISSN	14602237
Journal	Health Policy and Planning
Issue Number	4
Volume Number	26
Language	English
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publisher Date	2011-07-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Oxford University Press
Subject Keyword	Health Policy Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Health Policy

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