Towards the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Nigeria: a health system perspective of the achievements and challenges

BO Olakunde, DA Adeyinka, JO Olawepo… - International …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Despite its scaled-up response for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
(PMTCT), Nigeria still contributes the greatest number of infants infected with HIV worldwide …

Health system response to preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV policy changes in Zambia: a health system dynamics analysis of primary health care …

J Mwanza, M Kawonga, A Kumwenda… - Global Health …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Zambia is focusing on attaining HIV epidemic control by 2021, including
eliminating Mother to Child Transmission (eMTCT) of HIV. However, there is little evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Implementing prevention policies for mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural Malawi, South Africa and United Republic of Tanzania, 2013–2016

H Jones, A Wringe, J Todd, J Songo… - Bulletin of the World …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To assess adoption of World Health Organization (WHO) guidance into national
policies for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of human immunodeficiency …

Beyond early infant diagnosis: changing the approach to HIV-exposed infants

S Modi, LN Broyles, M Montandon, M Itoh… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Despite dramatic global progress with implementing prevention of mother-to-child HIV
transmission (PMTCT) programs, there were 160,000 new pediatric HIV infections in 2016 …

Correlates of loss to follow-up and missed diagnosis among HIV-exposed infants throughout the breastfeeding period in southern Mozambique

MG Lain, S Chicumbe, AR de Araujo, E Karajeanes… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Complete follow-up of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-exposed infants
(HEI) is crucial for a successful prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission. This study …

Strategies for identifying and linking HIV-infected infants, children, and adolescents to HIV treatment services in resource limited settings

AM Medley, S Hrapcak, RA Golin… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Many children living with HIV in resource-limited settings remain undiagnosed and at risk for
HIV-related mortality and morbidity. This article describes 5 key strategies for strengthening …

Health provider perspectives of health facility preparedness and organization in implementation of option B+ among pregnant and lactating women in central Uganda …

AD Mukose, H Bastiaens, E Buregyeya… - Journal of the …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: Uganda adopted Option B+ for prevention of mother-to-child transmission
(PMTCT) of HIV in 2012. However, there is limited data on preparedness and organization of …

Correlates of antiretroviral coverage for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

BO Olakunde, DA Adeyinka, OA Olakunde, CE Ozigbu… - AIDS care, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs are effective in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of
HIV (PMTCT), however many sub-Saharan African countries are yet to achieve universal …

Costs and Cost Drivers of Providing Option B+ Services to Mother‐Baby Pairs for PMTCT of HIV in Health Centre IV Facilities in Jinja District, Uganda

AD Mukose, S Kebede, C Muhumuza… - BioMed Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background. In 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) revised the 2012 guidelines on
use of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) for the prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission …

Associations between health systems capacity and mother-to-child HIV prevention program outcomes in Zambia

JT Price, BH Chi, WM Phiri, H Ayles, N Chintu… - Plos one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Zambia has made substantial investments in health systems capacity, yet it
remains unclear whether improved service quality improves outcomes. We investigated the …