A systematic review of individual and contextual factors affecting ART initiation, adherence, and retention for HIV-infected pregnant and postpartum women

I Hodgson, ML Plummer, SN Konopka, CJ Colvin… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Despite progress reducing maternal mortality, HIV-related maternal deaths
remain high, accounting, for example, for up to 24 percent of all pregnancy-related deaths in …

Risks and benefits of lifelong antiretroviral treatment for pregnant and breastfeeding women: a review of the evidence for the Option B+ approach

S Ahmed, MH Kim, EJ Abrams - Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Risks and benefits of lifelong antiretroviral treatment for... : Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS
Risks and benefits of lifelong antiretroviral treatment for pregnant and breastfeeding women: a …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV on positivity rate in Kafanchan, Nigeria

UK Omo-Emmanuel, KC Ochei, EO Osuala… - Int. J. Curr. Res …, 2017 - researchgate.net
HIV pandemic is one of the most serious health crises the world faces today. Paediatric HIV
is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide as about 700,000 children become …

[HTML][HTML] Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)

JS Eggleton, S Nagalli - 2020 - europepmc.org
Objectives: Describe the treatment considerations for patients with HIV. Identify the most
common adverse events associated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) …

“What they wanted was to give birth; nothing else”: barriers to retention in option B+ HIV care among postpartum women in South Africa

K Clouse, S Schwartz, A Van Rie… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Women initiating antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy have high rates of
dropout, particularly after delivery. We aimed to identify challenges to postpartum retention …

Determinants of late antenatal care presentation in rural and peri-urban communities in South Africa: A cross-sectional study

J Ebonwu, A Mumbauer, M Uys, ML Wainberg… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Objective To investigate and compare determinates for delayed first presentation to
antenatal care (ANC) services. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted amongst …

Trends and effects of antiretroviral therapy coverage during pregnancy on mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. Evidence from panel data …

FH Astawesegn, V Stulz, E Conroy, H Mannan - BMC infectious diseases, 2022 - Springer
Background Antiretroviral therapy for pregnant women infected with HIV has evolved
significantly over time, from single dosage antiretroviral and zidovudine alone to lifelong …

The contribution of maternal HIV seroconversion during late pregnancy and breastfeeding to mother-to-child transmission of HIV

LF Johnson, K Stinson, ML Newell… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background: The prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV has been
focused mainly on women who are HIV positive at their first antenatal visit, but there is …

[PDF][PDF] THEMBISA version 1.0: A model for evaluating the impact of HIV/AIDS in South Africa

L Johnson, R Dorrington, T Rehle, S Jooste… - Centre for Infectious …, 2014 - Citeseer
This working paper provides a detailed technical description of the THEMBISA model, an
integrated demographic and epidemiological model of the South African HIV/AIDS epidemic …

Predictors of linkage to care following community-based HIV counseling and testing in rural Kenya

AM Hatcher, JM Turan, HH Leslie, LW Kanya… - AIDS and Behavior, 2012 - Springer
Despite innovations in HIV counseling and testing (HCT), important gaps remain in
understanding linkage to care. We followed a cohort diagnosed with HIV through a …