Implementation of postnatal care for HIV-positive mothers in the Free State: Nurses’ perspectives

Postnatal care (PNC) provides the opportunity for protecting the lives of women infected with human immune deficiency virus (HIV) and their babies. The prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) guidelines provide a framework for implementation of PNC. There has been no empirical evidence on how the nurses at the clinic level implement these guidelines. In addition, there are reports that PNC has been neglected in South Africa