Abstract Background Despite advancement in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission
(PMTCT) services, the rate of MTCT of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is still high. This is partly …

Background While barriers to uptake of antenatal care (ANC) among pregnant women have
been explored, much less is known about how integrating prevention of mother-to-child …

Background We set out to determine the relative roles of stigma versus health systems in
non-uptake of prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV-1 interventions: we …

Introduction: Postdated pregnancies have been shown for centuries in several studies of
having increased risk to the mother and their fetus when compared to term pregnancies with …

Background High mother-to-child (MTC) transmission rate of HIV might contribute to the
increased pandemic rate. The aim of this study was to identify the knowledge, attitude and …

Objectives The proportion of women delivering with known HIV status in sub‐Saharan Africa
is not well described. Risk of HIV transmission to newborns is a major concern, but there …

Pregnancy and birth, fertility and fertility regulation are all greatly affected by the exigencies
of HIV and AIDS, and vice versa. Women and infants can only benefit if the respective …

Objective: Since 2010, Nigeria has adopted World Health Organization (WHO)'Option
B'which requires administration of triple antiretroviral prophylaxis or treatment (ART) to all …

Please cite this paper as: Mepham S, Bland R, Newell M‐L. Prevention of mother‐to‐child
transmission of HIV in resource‐rich and‐poor settings. BJOG 2011; 118: 202–218. Without …

Background The estimated HIV prevalence among pregnant women in Ethiopia is 1.2
percent and unfortunately one of every 3 children born to these women gets infected with …