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 …

Patient-reported barriers and facilitators to antiretroviral adherence in sub-Saharan Africa

N Croome, M Ahluwalia, LD Hughes, M Abas - Aids, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the range and frequency of patient-reported
barriers and facilitators to antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence in sub-Saharan Africa …

Polycaprolactone nanofibers for the controlled release of tetracycline hydrochloride

P Karuppuswamy, JR Venugopal, B Navaneethan… - Materials Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Controlled delivery of drugs is one of the widely explored areas in biomedicine and
healthcare. Biocompatible nanofibers are explored as potential drug delivery vehicles in …

Disengagement of HIV‐positive pregnant and postpartum women from antiretroviral therapy services: a cohort study

T Phillips, E Thebus, LG Bekker… - Journal of the …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Recent international guidelines call for expanded access to triple‐drug
antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV‐positive women during pregnancy and postpartum …

[HTML][HTML] Level of adherence and predictors of adherence to the Option B+ PMTCT programme in Tigray, northern Ethiopia

H Ebuy, H Yebyo, M Alemayehu - International Journal of Infectious …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective The aim of this study was to determine the level of adherence to Option B+ PMTCT
drugs and factors associated with adherence among HIV-positive pregnant women in public …

Temporal trend analysis of the HIV/AIDS burden before and after the implementation of antiretroviral therapy at the population level from 1990 to 2020 in Ghana

M Boah, D Yeboah, MR Kpordoxah, AN Issah… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has helped reduce the burden of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the …

Adherence to option B+ antiretroviral therapy and associated factors in pregnant and breastfeeding women in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta …

LC Fassinou, D Songwa Nkeunang, T Delvaux… - BMC public health, 2024 - Springer
Background To assess the adherence to option B+ antiretroviral therapy (ART) and
associated factors in pregnant and breastfeeding women in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) …

Determinants of HIV infection among children born to mothers on prevention of mother to child transmission program of HIV in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a case control …

GA Beyene, LS Dadi, SB Mogas - BMC infectious diseases, 2018 - Springer
Background Despite wide spread use of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) by pregnant women
living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the transmission rate is still higher by 18 …

Knowledge of pregnant women on mother-to-child transmission of HIV, its prevention, and associated factors in Assosa town, Northwest Ethiopia

S Abtew, W Awoke, A Asrat - HIV/AIDS-Research and Palliative …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction HIV/AIDS is a leading cause of death of children in sub-Saharan African
countries. Almost all HIV-positive children acquire infection through mother-to-child …

Knowledge, perceptions and expectations of capitation payment system in a health insurance setting: a repeated survey of clients and health providers in Kumasi …

P Agyei-Baffour, R Oppong, D Boateng - BMC Public Health, 2013 - Springer
Background Health insurance is improving access to quality health care in Ghana. However,
there are implementation challenges which call for reform of the current health insurance …