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Need for timely paediatric HIV treatment within primary health care in rural South Africa [PDF]

, 2009
<p>Background: In areas where adult HIV prevalence has reached hyperendemic levels, many infants remain at risk of acquiring HIV infection. Timely access to care and treatment for HIV-infected infants and young children remains an important ...
Ruth M. Bl, Kirsty E. Little, Thulare, H., Marais, B., Bland, R.M., Little Kirsty E., Marie-louise Newell, Graham S. Cooke, Cooke Graham S., Little, K.E., Hilary Thulare, Cooke, G.S., Thulare Hilary, Newell Marie-Louise, Newell, M.-L., Bland Ruth M.   +15 more
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Perception on prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) of HIV among women of reproductive age group in Osogbo, Southwestern Nigeria

, 2013
AI Olugbenga-Bello,1 WO Adebimpe,2 FF Osundina,3 ST Abdulsalam3 1Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria; 2Department of ...
Abdulsalam ST, Olugbenga-Bello AI, Adebimpe WO, Osundina FF   +3 more
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Utilization of “prevention of mother-to-child transmission” of HIV services by adolescent and young mothers in Mulago Hospital, Uganda

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) has lowered the incidence of paediatric HIV globally. The risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) remains high in Africa, where there is a high prevalence of pregnancy and poor ...
Mariama Mustapha, Victor Musiime, Sabrina Bakeera-Kitaka, Joseph Rujumba, Nicolette Nabukeera-Barungi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community-Based Evaluation of PMTCT Uptake in Nyanza Province, Kenya

PLoS ONE, 2014
Facility-based assessments of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programs may overestimate population coverage. There are few community-based studies that evaluate PMTCT coverage and uptake.During 2011, a cross-sectional community survey among women who gave birth in the prior year was performed using the KEMRI-CDC Health and ...
Kohler, PK, Okanda, J, Kinuthia, J, Mills, LA, Olilo, G, Odhiambo, F, Laserson, K, Zierler, B, Voss, J, John-Stewart, G   +9 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Evaluation of Senegal’s prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) program data for HIV surveillance

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background With the expansion of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services in Senegal, there is growing interest in using PMTCT program data in lieu of conducting unlinked anonymous testing (UAT)-based ANC Sentinel Surveillance.
Ousmane Diouf, Astou Gueye-Gaye, Moussa Sarr, Abdou Salam Mbengue, Christopher S. Murrill, Jacob Dee, Papa Ousmane Diaw, Ndeye Fatou Ngom-Faye, Pape Amadou Niang Diallo, Carlos Suarez, Massaer Gueye, Aminata Mboup, Coumba Toure-Kane, Souleymane Mboup   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Two dimensions for potential improvements in PMTCT in Zimbabwe.

, 2012
This figure shows the “two dimensions” in which PMTCT services can be improved. First, along the vertical arrow, PMTCT programs can transition to more intensive drug regimens (i.e., from sdNVP to Option A to Option B). Second, along the horizontal arrow,
Jennifer Chu (188610), Angela Mushavi (188619), Jo Keatinge (188595), Freddy Perez (188591), Barbara Engelsmann (188601), Asinath Rusibamayila (188615), Rochelle P. Walensky (188607), Andrea L. Ciaranello (188588), Matthews Maruva (188604), Kenneth A. Freedberg (188623), Ji-Eun Park (188598), Francois Dabis (3141000)   +11 more
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Navigating the risks of prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV services in Kibera, Kenya: Barriers to engaging and remaining in care.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Within the first year of implementation, 43% of women who tested HIV positive at their first antenatal care visit were no longer retained and being followed in the free prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV program offered by the ...
Kerry A Thomson, Barbara Telfer, Patricia Opondo Awiti, Jane Munge, Mathew Ngunga, Anthony Reid   +5 more
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Male partner involvement during pregnancy the missing component in PMTCT adherence in Khayelitsha

, 2014
Includes abstract.
Brittain, Kirsty
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PMTCT Programme reduced vertical transmission of HIV in Abuja, Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics
Objective: To determine the rate of mother to child transmission of HIV following the introduction of PMTCT program in Abuja. Method: A prospective study of 355 seropositive mothers and their newborns was conducted at the National Hospital Abuja and ...
Oyesakin AB , Akinsulie A, Oniyangi O, Audu LI , Ogunfowokan O   +4 more
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Influence of peer discussions on trust in recommendations for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundMothers attending prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV clinics seem to lack knowledge on many aspects of PMTCT, among which is breastfeeding.
Rune Nathaniel Philemon, Innocent B Mboya, Blandina T Mmbaga, John Bartlett, Sia E Msuya   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source