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Translating Research into Practice in Low-Resource Countries: Progress in Prevention of Maternal to Child Transmission of HIV in Nigeria

Nursing Research and Practice, 2013
Background. Research related to prevention of maternal to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV is dynamic and rapidly changing and has provided evidence-based interventions and policies for practitioners.
Y. Ogbolu, E. N. Iwu, S. Zhu, J. V. Johnson   +3 more
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Understanding the uptake of prevention of mother-to-child transmission services among adolescent girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of literature

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 2020
Despite high pregnancy rates and HIV incidence among adolescents, their uptake of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) services is not well characterized. This paper describes current PMTCT program coverage among adolescents
Bernadette Ng’eno, Braeden Rogers, Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha, Shaffiq Essajee, Susan Hrapcak, Surbhi Modi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Success rate of an outreach PMTCT program in Nigeria [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2014
Prevention of mother-to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV is an important strategy to achieving zero new HIV infection and has been an important strategy in preventing the upsurge of HIV infection in Nigeria.
Herbertson, EC, Ohihoin, AGI, Gbajabiamila, TA, David, AN, Odubela, O, Ekama, SO, Gab-Okafor, CV, Owhodo, H, Ezechi, OC, Ujah, IAO   +9 more
openaire   +1 more source

Closing the prevention of mother-to-child transmission gap in Nigeria: An evaluation of service improvement intervention in Nigeria

South African Family Practice, 2013
Objectives: The objective was to assess improvement, or lack thereof, in the uptake of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) services at selected sites supported sites by the Global HIV/AIDS Initiative Nigeria (GHAIN).
O.N. Chabikuli, U. Gwarzo, A. Olufunso, D. Reidpath, P. Allotey, M. Ibrahim, C. Hamelmann   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The prevalence and determinants of HIV seroconversion among booked ante natal clients in the University of Uyo teaching hospital, Uyo Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
INTRODUCTION: the Prevention of Mother to Child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, an important intervention in the fight against HIV/AIDS can only be of benefit if the HIV status of the mother is known.
Nsikak Paul Nyoyoko, Augustine Vincent Umoh   +1 more
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The impact of programs for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV on health care services and systems in sub-Saharan Africa - A review

Public Health Reviews, 2017
Background The global scale-up of Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services is credited for a 52% worldwide decline in new HIV infections among children between 2001 and 2012.
Jean Claude Mutabazi, Christina Zarowsky, Helen Trottier   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transitioning from antenatal surveillance surveys to routine HIV testing: a turning point in the mother-to-child transmission prevention programme for HIV surveillance in Brazil

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background In Brazil, due to the rapid increase in programmes for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), routine programme data are widely available.
Gerson Fernando Mendes Pereira, Meritxell Sabidó, Alessandro Caruso, Adele Schwartz Benzaken   +3 more
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Evaluasi PMTCT (Prevention Mother To Child Transmission) pada IRT dengan HIV di Jatim

Journal of Health Science and Prevention, 2020
HIV/AIDS dengan proporsi penularan dari ibu ke bayi sebesar lebih dari 1% di masyarakat merupakan indikator dari kondisi generalized level. Kondisi ini merupakan keadaan gawat darurat dimana penularan dari ibu ke bayi sudah sangat tinggi.
Linda Prasetyaning Widayanti
doaj   +1 more source

Growth pattern in Ethiopian infants – the impact of exposure to maternal HIV infection in relation to socio-economic factors

Global Health Action, 2017
Background: Infants exposed to maternal HIV infection who remain HIV-uninfected (HIV-exposed/uninfected; HIV-EU) may be at increased risk of growth retardation, which could be due both to directly HIV-related effects and to socio-economic factors ...
John König Walles, Taye Tolera Balcha, Niclas Winqvist, Per Björkman   +3 more
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Uptake and factors that affect enrolment into the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus programme in rural Limpopo Province

South African Family Practice, 2013
Background: Before 2006, the uptake into the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) for HIV programme was low in South Africa. We determined PMTCT programme uptake, and identified factors that affected enrolment into the PMTCT programme in ...
O.J. Ajewole, B.L.W. Sparks, O.B. Omole
doaj   +1 more source