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Background:

Complete follow up is an essential component of observational cohorts irrespective of the type of disease.

Objectives:

To describe five years follow up of mother and child pairs on a PMTCT program, highlighting loss to follow up (LTFU) and mortality (attrition).

Study Design:

A cohort of pregnant women was enrolled from the national PMTCT program at 36 weeks gestational age attending three peri urban clinics around Harare offering maternal and child health services. Mother-infant pairs were followed up from birth and twice yearly for five years.

Results:

A total of 479 HIV infected and 571 HIV negative pregnant women were enrolled, 445 (92.9%) and 495 (86.6%) were followed up whereas 14 (3.0%) and 3 (0.5%) died in the 1st year respectively; RR (95% CI) 5.3 (1.5-18.7). At five years 227 (56.7%) HIV infected and 239 (41.0%) HIV negative mothers turned up, whereas mortality rates were 34 and 7 per …