Neonatal health outcomes are profoundly influenced by maternal conditions such as severe
malaria, HIV infection, and transfusion history. This review synthesizes existing literature to …

Background. There is some consensus that malaria in pregnancy may negatively affect
infant's mortality and malaria morbidity, but there is less evidence concerning the factors …

Blood transfusion is a critical intervention in pediatric medicine, particularly in resource-
limited settings where malaria and HIV coexist. HIV-positive neonates suffering from severe …

The relationship between pregnancy outcome and maternal colonization with a wide variety
of bacterial, fungal, protozoan, and viral organisms has been studied for many years [1, 2] …

Background: Morbidity and mortality patterns among pregnant women and their infants
(before antiretroviral therapy was widely available) determines HIV-1 diagnostic, monitoring …

Background Assumptions about survival of HIV-infected children in Africa without
antiretroviral therapy need to be updated to inform ongoing UNAIDS modelling of paediatric …

This paper critically examines the complex interplay between maternal factors and infant
immunological responses to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The transmission of HIV …

Objective: This study sought to evaluate the anemia prevalence and effect of anemia
treatment in pregnant adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional study. Data from perinatal …

Objectives: To examine the relationship between maternal HIV infection, placental malaria
infection, and infant mortality as a first step in investigating the possibility of increased …

To determine whether maternal placental malaria is associated with an increased risk for
perinatal mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT), we studied HIV-positive women in …