Progress towards Elimination of HIV Mother-to-Child Transmission in the Dominican Republic from 1999 to 2011
Table 3
Mother to child transmission (MTCT) rates by period (before recommendation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for prevention of MTCT (1999–2008), and after (2009–2011) by center (La Romana center versus others) and prevention strategies, Dominican Republic.
1999–2008
2009–2011
MTCT rate
MTCT rate
No. of infected/total (%)
No. of infected/total (%)
La Romana
20/301 (6.6)
<.001
8/212 (3.8)
.9
Other centers
122/973 (12.5)
4/90 (4.9)*
Any prenatal antiretroviral use
La Romana
6/179 (3.3)
.16
8/187 (4.3)
.8
Other centers
34/561 (6.1)
2/78 (2.6)
Any prenatal antiretroviral use, formula only
La Romana
6/149 (4.0)
.28
8/183 (4.4)
.7
Other centers
35/547 (6.4)
1/53 (1.9)
No prenatal antiretroviral use
La Romana
13/114 (11.4)
.002
0/25 (0)
.036
Other centers
75/299 (25.1)
2/12 (16.7)
No prenatal antiretroviral use, formula only
La Romana
4/31 (12.9)
.51
0/25 (0)
.15
Other centers
26/146 (17.8)
2/10 (20)
*Difference between 1999–2008 period and 2009–2011 period P < .05.