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Breastfeeding and HIV: Experiences from a Decade of Prevention of Postnatal HIV Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

, 2010
Infant feeding by HIV-infected mothers has been a major global public health dilemma and a highly controversial matter. The controversy is reflected in the different sets of WHO infant feeding guidelines that have been issued over the last two decades ...
Leshabari, Sebalda C, Moland, Karen M I, van Esterik, Penny, Esterik, Penny van, Leshabari, Sebalda Charles, Moland, K.M., Karen Moland, Moland, Karen Marie I, Blystad, Astrid, Marina M de Paoli, Sellen, Daniel W, Leshabari, S.C., Blystad, A., Daniel W Sellen, Moland, Karen Marie, de Paoli, Marina M, Sellen, Daniel W., Astrid Blystad, De Paoli, Marina M., Sellen, D.W., de Paoli, M.M., Sebalda C Leshabari, van Esterik, P., Penny van Esterik   +23 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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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
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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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Assessment of the effectiveness of PMTCT program in eight service delivery points in North-Central Nigeria [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV is one of the commonest avenues through which infants are infected with the HIV virus. To achieve a HIV free generation, mother to child transmission of HIV should be eliminated.
Udofia, Deborah, Taylor-Robinson SD, Osita-Oleribe PI, Udofia D, Kim JU, Ekom, Ekei, Osita-Oleribe, Princess Ifunanya, Enenche E, Oleribe, Obinna Ositadimma, Kim, Jin Un, Oleribe OO, Taylor-Robinson, SD, Enenche, Ede, Ekom E   +13 more
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Do Women Enrolled in PMTCT Understand the Recommendations: A Case Study from Kilimanjaro. [PDF]

, 2021
INTRODUCTION: Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) remains a cornerstone of HIV prevention and control efforts. It is vital that the beneficiaries of PMTCT programs understand PMTCT recommendations, especially since their adherence to ...
Msuya, Sia E, Philemon, Rune N, Bartlett, John, Renju, Jenny, Mmbaga, Blandina T, Mboya, Innocent B, Mtuy, Tara   +6 more
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Using the critical path method to rollout and optimise new PMTCT guidelines to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Zimbabwe: a descriptive analysis

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, Joanna Robinson, Priti Dave Sen, Anna Hakobyan, Angela Mushavi, Agnes Mahomva, Godfrey Woelk   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Sarah T Roberts, Susan Cassels, Roger Ying, Grace John-Stewart, Steven M Goodreau, Jared M Baeten, Pamela M Murnane, Connie Celum, Ruanne V Barnabas   +9 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
wiley   +1 more source