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Women’s experiences in services for preventing the mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a literature review

Posted on December 1, 2012August 21, 2018

In the context of a rapidly evolving policy environment for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and the possible shift towards immediate initiation of lifelong highly active antiretroviral therapy (H... read more →

The pregnancy decisions of HIV-positive women: the state of knowledge and way forward

Posted on December 1, 2012August 21, 2018

Despite the growing number of women living with and affected by HIV, there is still insufficient attention to their pregnancy-related needs, rights, decisions and desires in research, policy and programs. We carried out a rev... read more →

The impacts of AIDS movements on the policy responses to HIV/AIDS in Brazil and South Africa: A comparative analysis

Posted on November 9, 2012August 21, 2018

Brazil and South Africa were among the first countries profoundly impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic and had similar rates of HIV infection in the early 1990s. Today, Brazil has less than 1% adult HIV prevalence, implemented t... read more →

Patient Attrition Between Diagnosis With HIV in Pregnancy-Related Services and Long-Term HIV Care and Treatment Services in Kenya: A Retrospective Study

Posted on July 1, 2012August 21, 2018

Background: There has been little attention, until recently, to linking women who test HIV positive in pregnancy-related services to long-term HIV care and treatment services. Methods: A retrospective review of routine hospi... read more →

Linking women who test HIV-positive in pregnancy-related services to long-term HIV care and treatment services: a systematic review

Posted on May 1, 2012August 21, 2018

Objectives: To quantify attrition between women testing HIV-positive in pregnancy-related services and accessing long-term HIV care and treatment services in low- or middle-income countries and to explore the reasons under... read more →

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: assessing the accuracy of routinely collected data on maternal antiretroviral prophylaxis coverage in Kenya

Posted on March 1, 2012August 21, 2018

Objective: To explore the accuracy of routinely collected prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) coverage data in Kenya. Methods: In case studies at two government hospitals, the authors reviewed n... read more →

Missed opportunities to accessing HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy during routine patient-provider encounters in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of the evidence

Posted on October 1, 2011August 21, 2018

Background and Objective: The relative balance between Th1 and Th2 cytokines appears crucial in the outcome of infections . We assessed the levels of some proinflammatory Th1 cytokines, interleukin-2 (IL-2) and gamma... read more →

Tackling Violence and HIV/AIDS: Global Health Imperatives

Posted on June 1, 2011August 21, 2018

The epidemics of violence and HIV overlap and intersect in complex ways and are similarly relevant to women, men, children, adolescents, transsexual, and transgender populations. Everywhere in the world, violence and HIV, ind... read more →

Linking women who test HIV positive in antenatal and maternity services to long-term HIV care and treatment services in Kenya: Missed Opportunities

Posted on June 1, 2011August 21, 2018

Improved access to services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) has decreased vertical HIV transmission. However parallel attention to women’s access to HIV care and treatment for themselves ha... read more →

Missed opportunities to enrol women testing HIV-positive in antenatal and delivery services into long-term HIV care and treatment

Posted on May 1, 2011August 21, 2018

Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programmes have been scaled up substantially in recent years. In 2009, it was estimated that 50% of pregnant women in East and Southern Africa were tested for HIV, up ... read more →