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Understanding the Impact of Maternal HIV Infection on the Health and Well-Being of Mothers and Infants in South Africa: Siyakhula Collaborative Workshop Report

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2021
Marina White,1 Ute D Feucht,2– 4 Louise de Villiers du Toit,5 Theresa Rossouw,3– 5 Kristin L Connor1 1Health Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 2Paediatrics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; 3Research Centre ...
White M, Feucht UD, du Toit LDV, Rossouw T, Connor KL   +4 more
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Facility-based delivery in the context of Zimbabwe's HIV epidemic--missed opportunities for improving engagement with care: a community-based serosurvey. [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundIn developing countries, facility-based delivery is recommended for maternal and neonatal health, and for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT).
Buzdugan, Raluca, Cowan, Frances M, Mahomva, Agnes, McCoy, Sandra I, Mushavi, Angela, Padian, Nancy S, Webb, Karen   +6 more
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Barriers to successful implementation of prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) of HIV programmes in Malawi and Nigeria: a critical literature review study

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2014
Mother-to-child-transmission (MTCT) of HIV still remains a significant route of new HIV infection in children in Malawi and Nigeria, despite the introduction of Prevention-of-Mother-to-Child-Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV programmes in both countries.
James Christian Okoli, Gail Elizabeth Lansdown   +1 more
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Factors Associated with PMTCT Cascade Completion in Four African Countries [PDF]

AIDS Research and Treatment, 2016
Background. Many countries are working to reduce or eliminate mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV. Prevention efforts have been conceptualized as steps in a cascade but cascade completion rates during and after pregnancy are low. Methods. A cross-sectional survey was performed across 26 communities in Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, South Africa, and ...
Jodie Dionne-Odom, Thomas K. Welty, Andrew O. Westfall, Benjamin H. Chi, Didier Koumavi Ekouevi, Margaret Kasaro, Pius M. Tih, Alan T. N. Tita   +7 more
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Male involvement in PMTCT and associated factors among men whom their wives had ANC visit 12 months prior to the study in Gondar town, North west Ethiopia, December, 2014

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
INTRODUCTION: globally, male involvement has been recognized as a priority focus area to be strengthened in PMTCT but, testing male partners for HIV in the context of preventing mother-to-child transmission remains a challenge in most low- and middle ...
Abdella Amano, Abdulbasit Musa
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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
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The impact of approaches in improving male partner involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV on the uptake of maternal antiretroviral therapy among HIV-seropositive pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

, 2017
Objectives: To identify the approaches that are used in improving on male partner involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and their impact on the uptake maternal antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Johnman, Cathy, Kennedy, Iain T.R., Takah, Noah F.   +2 more
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Under-two child mortality according to maternal HIV status in Rwanda: assessing outcomes within the National PMTCT Program

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2011
INTRODUCTION: We sought to compare risk of death among children aged under-2 years born to HIV positive mother (HIV-exposed) and to HIV negative mother (HIV non-exposed), and identify determinants of under-2 mortality among the two groups in Rwanda ...
Placidie Mugwaneza, Nadine Umutoni Wa Shema, Hinda Ruton, Alphonse Rukundo, Alexandre Lyambabaje, Jean de Dieu Bizimana, Landry Tsague, Claire M Wagner, El"vanie Nyankesha, Jane Muita, Vincent Mutabazi, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Sabin Nsanzimana, Corine Karema, Agnes Binagwaho   +14 more
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Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV in Three Regions in Tanzania; Successes and Challenges. [PDF]

, 2013
By the end of 2009 an estimated 2.5 million children worldwide were living with HIV-1, mostly as a consequence of vertical transmission, and more than 90% of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa.
A Chatterjee, A Kekitiinwa, A Violari, Bruno P Mmbando, H Nuwagaba-Biribonhwa, Ib C Bygbjerg, Jan Gerstoft, L Ciaranello, Martha Lemnge, Mercy G Chiduo, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare the United Republic of Tanzania, National Aids Control Program (NACP), Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the United Republic of Tanzania, National Aids Control Program, ML Newell, N Rollins, P Braitstein, P Seidenberg, Q Dube, S Khamadi, SA Jones, TACAIDS, TACAIDS, TACAIDS, Terese L Katzenstein, TL Creek, UNAIDS, UNAIDS, WHO, Zahra P Theilgaard, ZP Theilgaard   +28 more
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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
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