Against the background of the fertility decline in South Africa in recent years, the present
study aimed at understanding the factors that shape South African women's general …

Objectives Antiretroviral treatment (ART) is essential in preventing mother‐to‐child
transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and postpartum discontinuation of …

Background With the advent of effective treatment, women living with HIV can plan for
pregnancy while minimizing risk of transmission to infants and seronegative partners. Family …

Background: Young women living with perinatal infections of the Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (YWLPHIV) in low-and middle-income countries are more likely to be challenged by …

In the two years following delivery, women often have an unmet need for family planning,
with unplanned and not-optimally spaced pregnancies. Drawing on quantitative and …

HIV/AIDS is a global public health problem. In 2015, about 36.7 million people were living
with HIV. Sub-Saharan Africa is disproportionally affected by HIV; in 2015, this region …

Globally, there have been significant changes in human reproductive behaviour that have
had profound effects on population growth. The outstanding feature of this demographic …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: In South Africa, the number of civil unions dropped from
186,522 in 2008 to 135,458 in 2017, while cohabitation and premarital childbearing have …

Background: Even though the desire of HIV infected persons to have children in the future
has significant implications for the transmission of HIV to their sexual partners or newborns …