ReviewISRN AIDS2012
Loss to Followup: A Major Challenge to Successful Implementation of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1 Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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50 citing papers in PubMed.
- Factors associated with loss-to-follow-up of HIV-positive mothers and their infants enrolled in HIV care clinic: A qualitative study.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- Evaluation of mHealth strategies to optimize adherence and efficacy of Option B+ prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission: Rationale, design and methods of a 3-armed randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2017Trial
- Thirty-Six-Month Outcomes of a Generalist Paraprofessional Perinatal Home Visiting Intervention in South Africa on Maternal Health and Child Health and Development.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2016Trial
- Mother Infant Retention for Health (MIR4Health): Study Design, Adaptations, and Challenges With PMTCT Implementation Science Research.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2016Trial
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- Implementing a WASH Package Within Prevention of Vertical Transmission of HIV Programming in Lilongwe, Malawi: A Program Evaluation.Annals of global health · 2026Article
- Mortality, loss to follow-up and advanced HIV disease following virologic success in West African HIV-2 patients.PloS one · 2025Article
- A scoping review on HIV early infant diagnosis among HIV exposed infants, ART use and adherence in Tanzania.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Improving Male Partner Involvement in HIV-Positive Women's Care Through Behavioral Change Interventions in Malawi (WeMen Study): A Prospective, Controlled Before-and-After Study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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- Incidence and Predictors of Loss to Follow-Up Among Children Attending ART Clinics in Northeast Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
- Administering human immunodeficiency virus post-exposure prophylaxis: challenges experienced by mothers in Lusaka, Zambia.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2021Article
- Factors Influencing Loss to Follow-up among Human Immunodeficiency Virus Exposed Infants in the Early Infant Diagnosis Program in Phalombe, Malawi.Global pediatric health · 2021Article
- Mortality and Loss to Follow-Up Among HIV-Exposed Infants After Option BFrontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Experiences and Reasons of Attrition from Option B+ Among Mothers Under Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission Program in Northwest Ethiopia: Qualitative Study.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
- Loss to follow-up and associated maternal factors among HIV-exposed infants at the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda: a retrospective study.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Article
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- Factors associated with non-attendance at scheduled infant follow-up visits in an observational cohort of HIV-exposed infants in South Africa, 2012-2014.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Observational
- Retention of HIV exposed infants in care at Arua regional referral hospital, Uganda: a retrospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Coadministration of CH31 Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Does Not Affect Development of Vaccine-Induced Anti-HIV-1 Envelope Antibody Responses in Infant Rhesus Macaques.Journal of virology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Purpose. The purpose of this paper was to explore how loss to followup (LFTU) has affected the successful implementation of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV-1 (PMTCT) programs in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods. We conducted an electronic search from the following databases PubMed, ScienceDirect, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJs), and PyscINFO. Additional searches were made in WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF, Google, and Google scholar websites for (1) peer-reviewed published research, (2) scientific and technical reports, and (3) papers presented on scientific conferences. Results. A total of 678 articles, published from 1990 to 2011, were retrieved. Only 44 articles met our inclusion criteria and were included in the study. The rates of LTFU of mother-child pairs ranged from 19% to 89.4 in the reviewed articles. Health facility factors, fear of HIV-1 test, stigma and discrimination, home deliveries and socioeconomic factors were identified as reasons for LTFU. Conclusion. There is a great loss of mother-child pairs to follow up in PMTCT programs in sub-Saharan Africa. There is need for more research studies to develop public health models of care that can help to improve followup of mother-child pairs in PMTCT programs in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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