Safer conception among HIV-1 serodiscordant couples in East Africa: understanding knowledge, attitudes, and experiences

K Hancuch, J Baeten, K Ngure, C Celum, N Mugo… - AIDS care, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
For HIV-1 serodiscordant couples, HIV-1 exposure and risk of transmission is heightened
during pregnancy attempts, but safer conception strategies can reduce risk. As safer …

“What if they are pre-conception? What should we do?”: knowledge, practices, and preferences for safer conception among women living with HIV and healthcare …

SA Gutin, GW Harper, N Moshashane… - Frontiers in global …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Safer conception interventions that address HIV care, treatment, and prevention for HIV-
affected couples are increasingly available in sub-Saharan Africa. Botswana, an HIV …

First was to sit down and bring our minds together”. A qualitative study on safer conception decision-making among HIV sero-different couples in Zimbabwe

S Gitome, P Musara, M Chitukuta… - Sexual and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Decision-making on childbearing and safer conception use in HIV sero-different couples
involves an intricate balance of individual desires and perceived HIV acquisition risk. This …

Opportunities to leverage reproductive goals and ideals among South African men to promote HIV testing, treatment and prevention: A qualitative study

O O. Isehunwa, X Ntinga, L Msimango… - Global Public …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Despite significant gains in HIV testing, treatment and prevention in sub-Saharan Africa,
male engagement and retention in HIV care remains a challenge. We conducted in-depth …

Study protocol of “Our Choice”: a randomized controlled trial of the integration of safer conception counseling to transform HIV family planning services in Uganda

K Goggin, EA Hurley, J Beyeza-Kashesya… - Implementation …, 2018 - Springer
Background About 40% of HIV-positive women in sub-Saharan Africa become pregnant post-
diagnosis. Despite about half of their pregnancies being planned, safer conception methods …

Children born into families affected by HIV

LM Richter, LM Mofenson - AIDS, 2014 - journals.lww.com
The 2004 International AIDS Conference in Bangkok was the impetus for the formation of the
Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS, formerly referred to as CCABA. Peter Laughan …

Safer conception needs for HIV prevention among female sex workers in Burkina Faso and Togo

SR Schwartz, E Papworth, O Ky-Zerbo… - … in Obstetrics and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Reproductive health programming for female sex workers (FSW) may include
contraceptive services but rarely addresses safer pregnancy planning. Methods. Adult FSW …

Reclaiming fertility awareness methods to inform timed intercourse for HIV serodiscordant couples attempting to conceive

C Liao, M Wahab, J Anderson… - African Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: Increased life expectancy of HIV-positive individuals during recent years has
drawn attention to their quality of life, which includes fulfilment of fertility desires. In …

Difficult decisions: evaluating individual and couple-level fertility intentions and HIV acquisition among HIV serodiscordant couples in Zambia

DL Joseph Davey, KM Wall, W Kilembe, NH Khu, I Brill… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Attempts to conceive and pregnancy may increase HIV transmission to sex
partners and infants. Our study evaluated the association between fertility intentions and HIV …

Integrating safer conception services into primary care: providers' perspectives

MC Patwa, J Bassett, L Holmes, L Mutunga… - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background In 2012, South Africa adopted the Contraception and Fertility Planning
guidelines to incorporate safer conception services into care for HIV-affected couples trying …