Socio-cultural factors influencing the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Nigeria: a synthesis of the literature

J Iwelunmor, EE Ezeanolue, CO Airhihenbuwa… - BMC public health, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background Currently, Nigeria alone accounts for 30% of the burden of mother-to-
child transmission of HIV. This review explores the socio-cultural factors influencing …

Determinants of comprehensive knowledge on mother-to-child transmission of HIV and its prevention among childbearing women in Rwanda: insights from the 2020 …

M Deynu, JJ Nutor - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Maternal knowledge on mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) and its prevention
has been identified to enhance maternal testing and adherence to antiretroviral therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge about mother–to–child transmission of HIV, its prevention and associated factors among Ethiopian women

TR Luba, Z Feng, SA Gebremedhin… - Journal of global …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Poor awareness and knowledge of mother–to–child transmission (MTCT), that
accounts for over 90% of new HIV infections among children, might contribute to the HIV …

Awareness and knowledge on timing of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among antenatal care attending women in Southern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

A Asefa, H Beyene - Reproductive health, 2013 - Springer
Background Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV infection remains a major public
health problem and constitutes the most important cause of HIV infection in children under …

Correlates of women's knowledge of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and its prevention in Tanzania: a population-based study

ZT Haile, AK Teweldeberhan, IRA Chertok - AIDS care, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Studies that explored women's knowledge on mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV
and its prevention (PMTCT) in the general population are currently lacking. This paper …

Knowledge of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV among women of reproductive age group and associated factors at Mecha district, Northwest Ethiopia

TM Liyeh, EA Cherkose, MA Limenih, TS Yimer… - BMC Research …, 2020 - Springer
Objective This study was aimed to asses knowledge of prevention of mother to child
transmission of HIV among reproductive age women and associated factors at Mecha …

"I think this is the only challenge… the stigma” Stakeholder perceptions about barriers to Antenatal care (ANC) and Prevention of mother-to-child transmission …

O Dirisu, G Eluwa, E Adams, K Torpey, O Shittu… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Despite the progress made so far in reducing mother-to-child transmission
(MTCT), Nigeria still contributes significantly to the global burden of new pediatric HIV …

Linkage to care, early infant diagnosis, and perinatal transmission among infants born to HIV-infected Nigerian mothers: evidence from the healthy beginning initiative

JR Pharr, MC Obiefune, CO Ezeanolue… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background: In 2014, Nigeria accounted for 33% of all new childhood HIV infections that
occurred among the 22 Global Plan priority countries where 80% of HIV-infected women …

Knowledge, attitude and practice towards PMTCT of HIV among women attending Ambo Hospital ANC Clinic, West Ethiopia.

GT Gurmu Tesfaye, BT Bachu Tufa, JL Jimma Likisa… - 2015 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Background: Every day there are nearly 1800 new HIV infections in children under 15 years
of age, more than 90% occurring in the developing world. Most (about 90%) of these …

A method for measuring spatial effects on socioeconomic inequalities using the concentration index

SW Kim, H Haghparast-Bidgoli… - International Journal for …, 2020 - Springer
Background Although spatial effects contribute to inequalities in health care service
utilisation and other health outcomes in low and middle income countries, there have been …