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by pratyushag 3660 days ago
Great question. Top three reasons: 1) There are many benefits from delivering newborns in health clinics outside of Nevirapine. 2) It would be much more challenging to reach all of the traditional birth attendants, maintain constant supply of Nevirapine, and monitor proper administration. Moreover, in our case, the cost of the program is the cash transfers and this is a large benefit for program participants. 3) Traditional birth attendants do not consistently test women for HIV when they deliver, because of various reasons (one being it is bad for business to share negative news).