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Determinants of Male Partner Involvement Towards Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission Service Utilization Among Pregnant Women Who Attended Focused Antenatal Care in Southern Ethiopia

open access: yesHIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, 2020
Mohammed Ayalew, Melese Gebrie, Ephrem Geja, Bereket Beyene School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Mohammed AyalewSchool of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences ...
Ayalew M, Gebrie M, Geja E, Beyene B
doaj  

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

open access: yesGlobal 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   +3 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

open access: yesBMC 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Midwives’ perceptions of and attitudes towards prevention of mother-to-child-transmission of HIV

open access: yesCurationis, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Pediatric human immunodeficiency virus infection in the modern era: A systematic review of recent advances and their implications

open access: yesPediatric Investigation, Volume 9, Issue 4, Page 394-404, December 2025.
This review discusses how early antiretroviral therapy initiation, long‐acting therapies, and prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission contribute to improved pediatric human immunodeficiency virus outcomes. Despite these advances, treatment complications and challenges in transitioning to adult care remain major barriers to lifelong management ...
Klaudia Nowak   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

RED for PMTCT: An adaptation of immunization's Reaching Every District approach increases coverage, access, and utilization of PMTCT care in Bondo District, Kenya

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2015
AbstractGaps exist in coverage, early access, and utilization of prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services in Kenya. The Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program, led by Jhpiego, piloted an adaptation of immunization's Reaching Every District (RED) approach in Bondo District as a way of improving PMTCT care.
Kanyuuru, Lynn   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Vulnerable newborn types: analysis of subnational, population‐based birth cohorts for 541 285 live births in 23 countries, 2000–2021

open access: yesBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, Volume 132, Issue S8, Page S20-S36, November 2025.
Abstract Objective To examine prevalence of novel newborn types among 541 285 live births in 23 countries from 2000 to 2021. Design Descriptive multi‐country secondary data analysis. Setting Subnational, population‐based birth cohort studies (n = 45) in 23 low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) spanning 2000–2021.
D. J. Erchick   +189 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementation of repeat HIV testing during pregnancy in Kenya: a qualitative study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BackgroundRepeat HIV testing in late pregnancy has the potential to decrease rates of mother-to-child transmission of HIV by identifying mothers who seroconvert after having tested negative for HIV in early pregnancy.
Bukusi, Elizabeth A   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

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