THE involvement of a woman's partner in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV is of fundamental importance and many programmes focusing on this have strived to do this, but found it difficult to achieve.
This is due to cultural beliefs and practices entrenched in various communities and societies that place the responsibility of pregnancy and child delivery on women. There is a widespread belief in most African countries, Tanzania inclusive, that women's reproductive health is their own business and not the responsibility of men.
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