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 …

Introduction: Safer conception care encompasses HIV care, treatment and prevention for
persons living with HIV and their partners who desire children. In 2012, South Africa …

Background Safer conception services promote the reproductive health and rights of
families, while minimizing HIV transmission risks between partners trying to conceive, as …

The 2011 guidelines for safer conception for HIV-affected individuals and couples were
adopted by the South African Department of Health in December 2012. We assessed …

Introduction: Implementation of safer conception services for HIV‐affected couples within
primary healthcare clinics in resource‐limited settings remains limited. We review service …

Background. We explored healthcare provider perspectives and practices regarding safer
conception counseling for HIV‐affected clients. Methods. We conducted semistructured …

Introduction: Safer conception interventions should ideally involve both members of an HIV-
affected couple. With serodiscordant couples, healthcare providers will need to manage …

We conducted in-depth interviews with a variety of health care providers (n= 33) in Uganda
to identify current services that could support and act as barriers to the provision of safer …

Objective: To describe the development and implementation of a safer conception service in
a resource-limited setting. Methods: Qualitative work to inform the design of a safer …

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 …