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Pregnant Women’s Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Towards the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS in Dil Chora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, 2022
Solomon Cherie,1,2 Hailemariam Workie,3 Teshager Kassie,4 Aschalew Bitew,5 Tsion Samuel3 1Debre Markos University, College of Health and Medical Science, School of Medicine, Debre Markos, Ethiopia; 2Dire Dawa University, College of Health and Medical ...
Cherie S, Workie H, Kassie T, Bitew A, Samuel T   +4 more
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Family‐Centred Care for Children and Adolescents Living With HIV in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review

Journal of the International AIDS Society, Volume 29, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Children and adolescents living with HIV in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) continue to face significant barriers to diagnosis, treatment adherence, retention in care and psychosocial support, despite progress in prevention and treatment coverage. Family‐centred care (FCC) has emerged as a promising model that positions families—not just
Tawanda Makusha, Zinhle Ngubo, Janet Seeley, Moherndran Archary   +3 more
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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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Characteristics of HIV/ Malaria co-infected mothers who did not access early infant diagnosis for their HIV-exposed infants in Benin-City, Nigeria

Annals of Health Research, 2020
Background: Perinatally-acquired HIV infections rapidly lead to death within one to two years of life. Early infant diagnosis (EID) is the key to early identification with the prompt commencement of treatment.
Sadoh AE, Eki-Udoko FE
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Using the PMTCT Cascade to Accelerate Achievement of the Global Plan Goals [PDF]

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2017
Background: Development of country plans for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT), including expansion of comprehensive, integrated services, was key to Global Plan achievements. Approaches: Use of the PMTCT cascade, an evolving series of sequential steps needed to
Hamilton, Elizabeth, Bossiky, Bernard, Ditekemena, John, Esiru, Godfrey, Fwamba, Franck, Goga, Ameena E., Kieffer, Mary Pat, Tsague, Landry D., van de Ven, Roland, Wafula, Rose, Guay, Laura   +10 more
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Preventing Mother to Child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus: 20‐Year Trends in Management and Clinical Practice in a French Hospital – A Retrospective Observational Study

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Since the discovery of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) mother to child transmission (MTCT), its prevention has been a priority. Guideline adherence has drastically reduced MTCT, virtually inexistent today in high‐income countries.
Boris Dmitrenko, Emmanuelle Vintejoux, Florent Fuchs, Joana Pissarra, Lionel Moulis, Philippe Van de Perre   +5 more
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A qualitative exploration of roles and expectations of male partners from PMTCT services in rural Malawi

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) is effective in curbing rates of HIV infection in children because its interventions reduce the rates of transmission during pregnancy, in labour, and in breastfeeding. Male involvement
Beatrice M’baya Kansinjiro, Alinane Linda Nyondo-Mipando   +1 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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Midwives’ perceptions of and attitudes towards prevention of mother-to-child-transmission of HIV

Curationis, 2023
Background: Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV services has become an integral part of antenatal services. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission was introduced in all the regions of Ghana, but mother-to-child transmission ...
Rita Opoku-Danso, Debbie S.K. Habedi
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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 ...
Tita, Alan T. N., Kasaro, Margaret, Ekouevi, Didier Koumavi, Welty, Thomas K., Chi, Benjamin H., Westfall, Andrew O., Dionne-Odom, Jodie, Tih, Pius M.   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources