Strengthening service integration for effective linkage of HIV-positive mothers to antiretroviral treatment: a cross-sectional study in two military health facilities in Kaduna, Nigeria, 2014.

the key factors hindering PMTCT-ART linkage in military health facilities included poor service integration, clients delivering of a baby in a facility separate from where PMTCT services were accessed. The Ministry of Defence HIV programme should strengthen ANC-PMTCT-ART service integration through a centrally coordinated client information management system.