Retention in HIV care during pregnancy and the postpartum period in the option B+ era: systematic review and meta-analysis of studies in Africa

BA Knettel, C Cichowitz, JS Ngocho… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: Under Option B+ guidelines for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of
HIV, pregnant and breastfeeding women initiate antiretroviral therapy for lifelong use. The …

Do digital innovations for HIV and sexually transmitted infections work? Results from a systematic review (1996-2017)

J Daher, R Vijh, B Linthwaite, S Dave, J Kim… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Digital innovations with internet/mobile phones offer a potential cost-saving
solution for overburdened health systems with high service delivery costs to improve …

A systematic review of interventions to improve prevention of mother‐to‐child HIV transmission service delivery and promote retention

J Ambia, J Mandala - African Journal of Reproduction and …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: The success of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) is
dependent upon high retention of mother-infant pairs within these programmes. This is a …

A systematic review of interventions to improve postpartum retention of women in PMTCT and ART care

P Geldsetzer, HMN Yapa, M Vaikath… - Journal of the …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The World Health Organization recommends lifelong antiretroviral therapy
(ART) for all pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV. Effective transitioning from …

A systematic review of mobile phone interventions (SMS/IVR/calls) to improve adherence and retention to antiretroviral treatment in low-and middle-income countries

BA Demena, L Artavia-Mora, D Ouedraogo… - AIDS patient care and …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
The use of mobile health technologies (mHealth) to ameliorate HIV care has considerably
risen in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) since 2010. Yet, the discrepancies in the …

Interventions to significantly improve service uptake and retention of HIV‐positive pregnant women and HIV‐exposed infants along the prevention of mother‐to‐child …

AC Vrazo, J Firth, A Amzel, R Sedillo… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Despite the success of Prevention of Mother‐to‐Child Transmission of HIV
(PMTCT) programmes, low uptake of services and poor retention pose a formidable …

Effectiveness of an SMS-based maternal mHealth intervention to improve clinical outcomes of HIV-positive pregnant women

J Coleman, KC Bohlin, A Thorson, V Black, P Mechael… - AIDS care, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
We conducted a retrospective study to investigate the effectiveness of an mHealth
messaging intervention aiming to improve maternal health and HIV outcomes. Maternal …

A rapid review of eHealth interventions addressing the continuum of HIV care (2007–2017)

KD Henny, AL Wilkes, CM McDonald, DJ Denson… - AIDS and Behavior, 2018 - Springer
National HIV prevention goals call for interventions that address Continuum of HIV Care
(CoC) for persons living with HIV. Electronic health (eHealth) can leverage technology to …

SMS messaging to improve ART adherence: perspectives of pregnant HIV-infected women in Kenya on HIV-related message content

K Ronen, JA Unger, AL Drake, T Perrier, P Akinyi… - AIDS care, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
There is growing evidence that mobile health (mHealth) approaches including short
messaging service (SMS) can improve antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence, but …

Effects of behavioural interventions on postpartum retention and adherence among women with HIV on lifelong ART: the results of a cluster randomized trial in Kenya …

LL Abuogi, M Onono, TA Odeny, K Owuor… - African Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
2 METHODS The MOTIVATE study was a cluster‐randomized, factorial, controlled trial [19].
Twenty‐four Kenyan Ministry of Health facilities were randomized to one of four study …