نتایج جستجو برای: pmtct

تعداد نتایج: 1098  

Journal: :Conflict and Health 2007
Dick D Chamla Olushayo Olu Jennifer Wanyana Nasan Natseri Eddie Mukooyo Sam Okware Abdikamal Alisalad Melville George

OBJECTIVES Using Geographical Information System (GIS) as a tool to determine access to and gaps in providing HIV counselling and testing (VCT), treatment (ART) and mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services in conflict affected northern Uganda. METHODS Cross-sectional data on availability and utilization, and geo-coordinates of health facilities providing VCT, PMTCT, and ART were collecte...

2013
Fatch W. Kalembo Du Yukai Maggie Zgambo Qiu Jun

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest number of mother to child transmissions of HIV. PMTCT programme plays a big role in reducing the MTCT nevertheless its effectiveness in sub-Saharan Africa depends on involvement of male partners considering the fact that men are decision makers in African families. They make important decisions that have big impact on women’s health. Male partner involvement h...

Journal: :Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2013
Peter Barron Yogan Pillay Tanya Doherty Gayle Sherman Debra Jackson Sanjana Bhardwaj Precious Robinson Ameena Goga

PROBLEM The World Health Organization has produced clear guidelines for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, ensuring that all PMTCT programme components are implemented to a high quality in all facilities presents challenges. APPROACH Although South Africa initiated its PMTCT programme in 2002, later than most other countr...

2013
AI Olugbenga-Bello WO Adebimpe FF Osundina ST Abdulsalam

INTRODUCTION The fastest growing group of adults living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is women. As more women contract the virus, the number of children infected in utero, intra-partum, and during breastfeeding has been growing. This study assessed the knowledge and attitude of women of child bearing age towards the prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. MATERIA...

2010
Paul Erhunmwunse Imade Nkemjika Obiageri Uwakwe Richard Omoregie Nosakhare Odeh Eghafona

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of prevention of the mother to child transmission (PMTCT) program in Benin City, Nigeria on the prevalence of postnatal infant HIV. Effects of the duration of PMTCT, place of birth and sex of the infants on the prevalence of postnatal HIV were also assessed. Dried blood spots were collected from 318 infants (6−8 weeks old) born to HIV-positive m...

2017
Edward Adekola Oladele Hadiza Khamofu Seun Asala Mariya Saleh Uche Ralph-Opara Charles Nwosisi Chukwuma Anyaike Catherine Gana Oluwasanmi Adedokun Rebecca Dirks Olufunsho Adebayo Modupe Oduwole Justin Mandala Kwasi Torpey

INTRODUCTION As the world is making progress towards elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, poor coverage of PMTCT services in Nigeria remains a major challenge. In order to address this, scale-up was planned with activities organized into 3 phases. This paper describes the process undertaken in eight high burden Nigerian states to rapidly close PMTCT coverage gaps at facility and ...

2016
Patricia Opondo Awiti Alessandra Grotta Mia van der Kop John Dusabe Anna Thorson Jonathan Mwangi Rino Belloco Richard Lester Laura Ternent Edwin Were Anna Mia Ekström

BACKGROUND Improving retention in prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV programs is critical to optimize maternal and infant health outcomes, especially now that lifelong treatment is immediate regardless of CD4 cell count). The WelTel strategy of using weekly short message service (SMS) to engage patients in care in Kenya, where mobile coverage even in poor areas is widespr...

2017
Delelegn Tsegaye Getachew Tessema Prema Kumar

Knowledge and attitude of pregnant and breast feeding mothers to option B+ prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV is vital for effective and efficient utilization of the service. The objectives of this institution based cross sectional study was to assess knowledge and attitude as well as factors associated with option B+ PMTCT of HIV among pregnant and breast feeding mothers...

2010
Michele S. Youngleson Paul Nkurunziza Karen Jennings Juanita Arendse Kedar S. Mate Pierre Barker

BACKGROUND Health systems that deliver prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) services in low and middle income countries continue to underperform, resulting in thousands of unnecessary HIV infections of newborns each year. We used a combination of approaches to health systems strengthening to reduce transmission of HIV from mother to infant in a multi-facility public health system ...

2014
Deborah Jones Karl Peltzer Stephen M Weiss Sibusiso Sifunda Ntabozuko Dwane Shandir Ramlagan Ryan Cook Gladys Matseke Vincent Maduna Andrew Spence

BACKGROUND In rural South Africa, only two-thirds of HIV-positive pregnant women seeking antenatal care at community health centers took full advantage of 'prevention of mother-to-child transmission' (PMTCT) services in 2010. Studies generally support male involvement to promote PMTCT, but the nature and impact of that involvement is unclear and untested. Additionally, stigma, disclosure and in...

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