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Can data from programs for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV be used for HIV surveillance in Kenya?
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- Exploring the validity of routine individuated service data for antenatal HIV surveillance in the Western Cape.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Exploring the validity of routine individuated service data for antenatal HIV surveillance in the Western Cape.Research square · 2024Article
- A Machine Learning Approach to Predict HIV Viral Load Hotspots in Kenya Using Real-World Data.Health data science · 2023Article
- HIV surveillance based on routine testing data from antenatal clinics in Malawi (2011-2018): measuring and adjusting for bias from imperfect testing coverage.AIDS (London, England) · 2019Article
- Evaluation of Senegal's prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) program data for HIV surveillance.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Feasibility Study of HIV Sentinel Surveillance using PMTCT data in Cameroon: from Scientific Success to Programmatic Failure.BMC infectious diseases · 2017Article
- Integration of HIV Testing into Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Weeks for Improved Case Finding and Linkage to Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Services in Benue State, Nigeria.Frontiers in public health · 2017Article
- Evaluation of Kenya's readiness to transition from sentinel surveillance to routine HIV testing for antenatal clinic-based HIV surveillance.BMC infectious diseases · 2016Article
- Is Zimbabwe ready to transition from anonymous unlinked sero-surveillance to using prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) program data for HIV surveillance?: results of PMTCT utility study, 2012.BMC infectious diseases · 2016Article
- Monitoring HIV Epidemic in Pregnant Women: Are the Current Measures Enough?Journal of sexually transmitted diseases · 2015Article
- Routine data from prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) HIV testing not yet ready for HIV surveillance in Mozambique: a retrospective analysis of matched test results.BMC infectious diseases · 2013Article
- Comparing HIV prevalence estimates from prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programme and the antenatal HIV surveillance in Addis Ababa.BMC public health · 2012Article
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- Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission (PPTCT) program data in India: an emerging data set for appraising the HIV epidemic.PloS one · 2012Article
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Abstract
objectiveIn Africa, HIV surveillance is conducted among antenatal clinic (ANC) attendees using unlinked-anonymous testing (UAT). In Kenya, the utility of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program data for HIV surveillance was evaluated.
methodsUAT and PMTCT data were compared at the same clinics and for the same time (2003 UAT survey) period. The HIV testing uptake for PMTCT was defined as the number of ANC attendees tested for HIV out of those who had their first ANC visit during the ANC surveillance period. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated to determine associations between demographic characteristics and HIV testing acceptance.
resultsOf 39 ANC-UAT sites, six had PMTCT data. PMTCT data were recorded across several logbooks with varying quality. For PMTCT, 2,239 women were offered HIV testing and 1,258 (56%) accepted; for UAT, 1,852 women were sampled. Median UAT-based HIV prevalence was 12.8% (range, 8.1%-26.3%) compared with 14.4% (range, 7.0%-27.2%) in PMTCT. HIV testing acceptance for PMTCT ranged from 48% to 69% across clinics, and was more likely among primigravidae than multigravidae.
conclusionBecause of varying PMTCT data quality and varying HIV testing acceptance for PMTCT, PMTCT-based HIV prevalence estimates cannot currently replace UAT-based estimates in Kenya.
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