Child vaccination reduces infant mortality rates. HIV-infected children present higher risk of
diseases than non-infected. We report the protection coverage rates for 6 vaccine …

Programs to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission do not reduce the number of infants
exposed during pregnancy and breastfeeding. HIV-exposed but uninfected children (HEU) …

Nested serosurveys within routine service delivery platforms such as planned supplemental
immunization activities (SIAs) provide an opportunity to collect information that can be used …

Quantitative plasma viral load (VL) at 1000 copies/mL was recommended as the threshold to
confirm antiretroviral therapy (ART) failure by the World Health Organization (WHO) …

Background Serological surveys can potentially complement vaccine coverage surveys,
such as post-vaccination campaign coverage evaluation surveys (PCES), by providing direct …

Background: The World Health Organization recommends viral load (VL) as the preferred
method for diagnosing antiretroviral therapy failure; however, operational challenges have …

Objectives: Rapid human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody tests, routinely used for
diagnosis in adults and older children in resource-limited settings (RLS), do not detect early …

Background Despite the availability of individual-level data of infants accessing HIV DNA-
PCR testing service, there has been little in-depth analysis of such data. Therefore, we …

Correlations between clinical/immunological treatment failure and viral load (VL) detected
by dried blood spot (DBS) sampling were explored in HIV-1-infected children in Uganda. Of …

Objective Over the past several years, only approximately 50% of HIV-exposed infants
received an early infant diagnosis test within the first two months of life. While high attrition …