Individual barriers | Reported in the following sites |
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No money for transport | Johannesburg hospital, Eastern Cape clinic |
Fear of positive HIV test | All facilities |
Denial of positive HIV result (i.e., received positive result but did not trust the result | Johannesburg hospital, Eastern Cape academic hospital |
Refused testing | All facilities |
Health personnel | Â |
Judgmental attitude | All facilities |
Stigmatizing attitude (name calling, blame, shunning) | Johannesburg hospital, both E. Cape hospitals |
No health personnel available to provide HIV testing | All facilities |
No health personnel available to provide counselling (e.g., regarding treatment and infant feeding options) | All facilities |
Clerk turns patient away at first booking | Johannesburg hospital |
Health personnel did not provide ARV prophylaxis during labour/delivery | All hospitals (clinic does not perform deliveries) |
Health system | Â |
HIV test kit not available | Eastern Cape clinic |
Nevirapine stockout | Eastern Cape clinic |