{"id":2237,"date":"2024-11-07T13:11:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T10:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2024-11-07T13:12:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T10:12:13","slug":"short-term-effectiveness-of-a-community-health-worker-intervention-for-hiv-infected-pregnant-women-in-tanzania-to-improve-treatment-adherence-and-retention-in-care-a-cluster-randomized-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/2024\/11\/07\/short-term-effectiveness-of-a-community-health-worker-intervention-for-hiv-infected-pregnant-women-in-tanzania-to-improve-treatment-adherence-and-retention-in-care-a-cluster-randomized-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-term effectiveness of a community health worker intervention for HIV-infected pregnant women in Tanzania to improve treatment adherence and retention in care: A cluster-randomized trial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-13.09.43-1024x310.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-13.09.43-1024x310.png 1024w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-13.09.43-300x91.png 300w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-13.09.43-768x233.png 768w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-13.09.43-365x111.png 365w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-13.09.43.png 1492w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Community health workers (CHWs) are lay workers who have the potential to enhance services to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) and improve the health of women living with HIV infection. 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