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Experiences of human immunodeficiency virus-positive postpartum women in Angola: Challenges and opportunities in preventing vertical transmission

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
Background: Despite advances in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), challenges persist in retention in care, antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence and follow-up of HIV-exposed infants ...
Paulo N. Solari, Joana C. Pires, Pedro M. Aguiar, Ana R. Goes, Gonçalo F. Augusto   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Utilization of “prevention of mother-to-child transmission” of HIV services by adolescent and young mothers in Mulago Hospital, Uganda

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) has lowered the incidence of paediatric HIV globally. The risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) remains high in Africa, where there is a high prevalence of pregnancy and poor ...
Mariama Mustapha, Victor Musiime, Sabrina Bakeera-Kitaka, Joseph Rujumba, Nicolette Nabukeera-Barungi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community-Based Evaluation of PMTCT Uptake in Nyanza Province, Kenya

PLoS ONE, 2014
Facility-based assessments of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programs may overestimate population coverage. There are few community-based studies that evaluate PMTCT coverage and uptake.During 2011, a cross-sectional community survey among women who gave birth in the prior year was performed using the KEMRI-CDC Health and ...
Kohler, PK, Okanda, J, Kinuthia, J, Mills, LA, Olilo, G, Odhiambo, F, Laserson, K, Zierler, B, Voss, J, John-Stewart, G   +9 more
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Evaluation of Senegal’s prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) program data for HIV surveillance

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background With the expansion of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services in Senegal, there is growing interest in using PMTCT program data in lieu of conducting unlinked anonymous testing (UAT)-based ANC Sentinel Surveillance.
Ousmane Diouf, Astou Gueye-Gaye, Moussa Sarr, Abdou Salam Mbengue, Christopher S. Murrill, Jacob Dee, Papa Ousmane Diaw, Ndeye Fatou Ngom-Faye, Pape Amadou Niang Diallo, Carlos Suarez, Massaer Gueye, Aminata Mboup, Coumba Toure-Kane, Souleymane Mboup   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Abstracts From AIDS 2026, the 26th International AIDS Conference, 26 – 31 July 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil & virtual

Journal of the International AIDS Society, Volume 29, Issue S4, July 2026.
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating the risks of prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV services in Kibera, Kenya: Barriers to engaging and remaining in care.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Within the first year of implementation, 43% of women who tested HIV positive at their first antenatal care visit were no longer retained and being followed in the free prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV program offered by the ...
Kerry A Thomson, Barbara Telfer, Patricia Opondo Awiti, Jane Munge, Mathew Ngunga, Anthony Reid   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of peer discussions on trust in recommendations for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundMothers attending prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV clinics seem to lack knowledge on many aspects of PMTCT, among which is breastfeeding.
Rune Nathaniel Philemon, Innocent B Mboya, Blandina T Mmbaga, John Bartlett, Sia E Msuya   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘The tablets make a certain noise’: uncovering barriers and enablers related to providing PMTCT services to adolescents and young women living with HIV in Zimbabwe

HIV Research & Clinical Practice
Background Zimbabwe antenatal HIV prevalence rate is 16.1%. HIV-positive pregnant adolescent girls and young women (AYW) are at high risk to experience perinatal mental health challenges, attributed to a combination of factors including HIV status ...
Melissa Sharer, Clara Haruzivishe, Augustine Ndaimani, Malia Duffy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Much ado over the new South African PMTCT Guidelines

South African Medical Journal, 2013
No Abstract.
openaire   +4 more sources

Nutrition and Infant Feeding in the PMTCT Context in Rwanda

, 2005
This is a report from PATH to the Elisabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Rwanda from 2005. At this time Rwanda, with encouragement from Paul Farmer, was focused on avoidance of breastfeeding as the "correct" approach to avoiding postnatal transmission.
openaire   +1 more source