Outcomes of HIV pregnant women on Option B+ treatment in an urban Malawian private medical clinic, between July 2011 and November 2013
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Background Malawi is one of the sub-Saharan African countries adversely affected by HIV/AIDS. Option B+ was adopted by Malawi from 1st July 2011 as an effective way of managing HIV through lifelong ART in pregnancy. Poor ART outcomes such as high default rates have been reported, raising concerns of setbacks on PMTCT progress. We assessed the outcomes of HIV infected pregnant clients on Option B+ at ART clinic at an urban Private medical facility in Malawi.
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