Family planning and the burden of unintended pregnancies

AO Tsui, R McDonald-Mosley… - Epidemiologic reviews, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Family planning is hailed as one of the great public health achievements of the last century,
and worldwide acceptance has risen to three-fifths of exposed couples. In many countries …

Sex in the shadow of HIV: A systematic review of prevalence, risk factors, and interventions to reduce sexual risk-taking among HIV-positive adolescents and youth in …

E Toska, M Pantelic, F Meinck, K Keck, R Haghighat… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Evidence on sexual risk-taking among HIV-positive adolescents and youth in
sub-Saharan Africa is urgently needed. This systematic review synthesizes the extant …

Contraception to prevent HIV-positive births: current contribution and potential cost savings in PEPFAR countries

HW Reynolds, B Janowitz, R Wilcher… - Sexually transmitted …, 2008 - sti.bmj.com
Objectives: To estimate the number of HIV-positive births currently prevented by
contraceptive use in the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) focus …

Integration of HIV/AIDS services with maternal, neonatal and child health, nutrition, and family planning services

ML Lindegren, CE Kennedy… - Cochrane Database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The integration of HIV/AIDS and maternal, neonatal, child health and nutrition
services (MNCHN), including family planning (FP) is recognized as a key strategy to reduce …

Contraceptive use and method preference among women in Soweto, South Africa: the influence of expanding access to HIV care and treatment services

A Kaida, F Laher, SA Strathdee, D Money, PA Janssen… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Objective Preventing unintended pregnancy among HIV-positive women constitutes a
critical and cost-effective approach to primary prevention of mother-to-child transmission of …

Factors affecting the HIV/AIDS epidemic: an ecological analysis of global data

MNI Mondal, M Shitan - African health sciences, 2013 - ajol.info
Background: All over the world the prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has became a stumbling stone in …

Knowledge of HIV status, sexual risk behaviors and contraceptive need among people living with HIV in Kenya and Malawi

A Anand, RW Shiraishi, RE Bunnell, K Jacobs… - Aids, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Background: Several studies support the need for effective interventions to reduce HIV
transmission risk behaviors among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs). Design: Cross …

Pregnancy incidence and intention after HIV diagnosis among women living with HIV in Canada

K Salters, M Loutfy, A De Pokomandy, D Money… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Pregnancy incidence rates among women living with HIV (WLWH) have
increased over time due to longer life expectancy, improved health status, and improved …

Benefits and costs of expanding access to family planning programs to women living with HIV

DT Halperin, J Stover, HW Reynolds - Aids, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objective: This analysis models the potential benefits and costs of adding family planning to
national strategies for achieving universal access to programs to prevent mother-to-child HIV …

Fertility intentions of HIV-1 infected and uninfected women in Malawi: a longitudinal study

F Taulo, M Berry, A Tsui, B Makanani, G Kafulafula… - AIDS and Behavior, 2009 - Springer
This study aimed to determine changes in fertility intentions of HIV-1 infected and uninfected
reproductive age women in Blantyre, Malawi. Participants were asked about their fertility …