Assessment of antiretroviral treatment programmes for HIV-infected children in sub-Saharan
Africa is important to enable the development of effective care and improve treatment …

Paediatric HIV infection is a growing health challenge worldwide, with an estimated 1500
new infections every day. In developed countries, well established prevention programmes …

There are limited data describing the functional characteristics of HIV-1 specific antibodies in
breast milk (BM) and their role in breastfeeding transmission. The ability of BM antibodies to …

Objective: To investigate the relationship between male involvement in prevention of mother-
to-child HIV transmission services and infant HIV acquisition and mortality, a prospective …

Although it is a standard practice in high-income countries, determination of the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) load is not recommended in developing countries because of …

Background Preterm birth (PTB), low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age (SGA)
contribute to neonatal mortality. Maternal HIV-1 infection has been associated with an …

Background The number of patients in need of second-line antiretroviral drugs is increasing
in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to project the need of second-line antiretroviral therapy in …

Background: A key challenge inhibiting the timely initiation of pediatric antiretroviral
treatment is the loss to follow-up of mothers and their infants between the time of mothers' …

Objectives: To describe the early response to World Health Organization (WHO)-
recommended nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based first-line highly …

The World Health Organization released revised principles and recommendations for HIV
and infant feeding in November 2009. The recommendations are based on programmatic …