ArticleJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2015
Brief Report: HIV Testing Among Pregnant Women Who Attend Antenatal Care in Malawi.
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- "We have heard it together": a qualitative analysis of couple HIV testing and counselling recruitment in Malawi's Option B+ programme.African journal of AIDS research : AJAR · 2017Trial
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- Measuring Socioeconomic Inequalities in HIV Testing During Antenatal Care: A Peruvian National Survey.Journal of community health · 2024Article
- Spatial patterns and associated factors of HIV testing and counselling (HTC) as a component of antenatal care services in Ethiopia.PloS one · 2024Article
- Factors affecting antenatal screening for HIV in Nepal: results from Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys 2016 and 2022.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus serological markers among pregnant women in Africa, 1984-2020.World journal of critical care medicine · 2023Article
- HIV Testing among sexually active Ghanaians: an examination of the rural-urban correlates.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Sub optimal HIV status ascertainment at antenatal clinics and the impact on HIV prevalence estimates: A cross sectional study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Understanding the influence of health systems on women's experiences of Option B+: A meta-ethnography of qualitative research from sub-Saharan Africa.Global public health · 2021Article
- Socio-cultural and economic barriers, and facilitators influencing men's involvement in antenatal care including HIV testing: a qualitative study from urban Blantyre, Malawi.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Associated Factors of HIV Testing Among Pregnant Women: A Multilevel Analysis Using the Recent Demographic and Health Survey Data from 11 East African Countries.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
- 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
- Implementing prevention policies for mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural Malawi, South Africa and United Republic of Tanzania, 2013-2016.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2019Article
- National estimates and risk factors associated with early mother-to-child transmission of HIV after implementation of option B+: a cross-sectional analysis.The lancet. HIV · 2018Article
- Patterns of caesarean section in HIV infected and non-infected women in Malawi: is caesarean section used for PMTCT?BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2018Article
- HIV transmission and retention in care among HIV-exposed children enrolled in Malawi's prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2017Article
- The Impact of Couple HIV Testing and Counseling on Consistent Condom Use Among Pregnant Women and Their Male Partners: An Observational Study.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2017Observational
- Retention in care during the first 3 years of antiretroviral therapy for women in Malawi's option B+ programme: an observational cohort study.The lancet. HIV · 2016Observational
- Validation of a screening tool to identify older children living with HIV in primary care facilities in high HIV prevalence settings.AIDS (London, England) · 2016Article
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Abstract
Malawi adopted the Option B+ strategy in 2011. Its success in reducing mother-to-child transmission depends on coverage and timing of HIV testing. We assessed HIV status ascertainment and its predictors during pregnancy. HIV status ascertainment was 82.3% (95% confidence interval: 80.2 to 85.9) in the pre-Option B+ period and 85.7% (95% confidence interval: 83.4 to 88.0) in the Option B+ period. Higher HIV ascertainment was independently associated with higher age, attending antenatal care more than once, and registration in 2010. The observed high variability of HIV ascertainment between sites (50.6%-97.7%) and over time suggests that HIV test kit shortages and insufficient numbers of staff posed major barriers to reducing mother-to-child transmission.
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