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Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2026.ABSTRACT Background and Aims Improving the quality of care is essential for enhancing utilization and compliance with interventions, ultimately reducing preventable mortality and morbidity among women and newborns during childbirth. However, little is known about the structural quality of institutional delivery services in Ethiopia, particularly in ...
Eleni Admassu Mersha +1 more
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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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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 172, Issue 3, Page 1569-1575, March 2026.Abstract Objective Syphilis and HIV in pregnancy contribute to adverse birth outcomes in Africa. Benzathine penicillin G remains an effective treatment for syphilis in pregnancy, yet gaps persist in timely treatment. The aim of this study was to compare factors associated with adverse birth outcomes among pregnant women diagnosed with syphilis in ...
Albert Manasyan +6 more
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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 +14 more
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Estimating PMTCT's Impact on Heterosexual HIV Transmission: A Mathematical Modeling Analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 INTRODUCTION:Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) strategies include combined short-course antiretrovirals during pregnancy (Option A), triple-drug antiretroviral treament (ART) during pregnancy and breastfeeding (Option B), or lifelong
Aditya S Khanna +9 more
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Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT Background Cervical cancer screening among Ghanaian women is generally unsatisfactory due to sociocultural norms and poor knowledge, despite its critical role in the early detection of cervical cancer. Due to culturally insensitive healthcare practices in a secular country like Ghana, Islamic women may avoid cervical cancer screening ...
Abdul‐Karim Abubakari +2 more
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Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics, 2016 Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 3.2 million children were living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) at the end of 2013, mostly in sub- Saharan Africa.
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BMC Health Services Research, 2020 Background Achievement of the elimination target for mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV in selected countries has increased hope to end the HIV epidemic in children across the world. However, MTCT rates remain well above the 5% elimination target
Reuben Musarandega +6 more
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Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Background and Aims The COVID‐19 pandemic impacted daily life and healthcare. This study investigated how this affected the outcome in children and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS. Methods This study investigated medical visits and outcomes (viral load, immunological parameters) in participants in the German Pediatric and Adolescent HIV ...
Tobias Hante +7 more
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015 INTRODUCTION: despite evidence that interventions to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV are effective in ensuring a healthy child and keeping mothers alive, there are many challenges to achieving successful interventions in Cameroon. The
George Awungafac +3 more
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