ReviewObstetric medicine2015
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission in South Africa: an ever-changing landscape.
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- Effect of maternal HIV status on vaccination coverage among sub-Saharan African children: A socio-ecological analysis.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2018Pooled it
- Knowledge and compliance related to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission guidelines amongst South African healthcare professionals.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2026Article
- Engagement in antenatal and HIV care among pregnant women before and after Option B+ policy implementation in South Africa.South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde · 2026Article
- A Scoping Review of African Health Histories from the Pre-Colonial to SDG Eras: Insights for Future Health Systems.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Epidemiological, clinical, and biological profiles of People Living With HIV in the PMTCT department of Panzi hospital: a retrospective cohort study in Eastern DR. Congo.AIDS research and therapy · 2025Article
- The impact of evolving maternal antiretroviral therapy guidelines on vertical transmission of HIV in the Western Cape, South Africa.PloS one · 2025Article
- Hepatitis B infection (HBsAg and HBeAg) status among women attending antenatal care at public healthcare facilities of South Africa, 2017.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Exploring Intervention Frameworks to Improve Utilization of Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission Services in Africa: A Scoping Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Strengthening laboratory systems for ensuring accurate diagnoses in mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) prevention programs in Uganda: a narrative review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Review
- Retrospective review of maternal HIV viral load electronic gatekeeping codes in South Africa.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2024Article
- Knowledge and attitudes in the prevention of vertical transmission of HIV in referral hospitals.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2024Article
- Harnessing the law to advance equitable cancer care in South Africa: exploring the feasibility, desirability and added value of a dedicated national cancer act.Ecancermedicalscience · 2024Article
- Association of HIV Exposure and HIV Infection With In-hospital Mortality Among Hospitalized Infants <1 Year of Age, South Africa, 2016-2018.Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society · 2023Article
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- Traditional and biomedical health practices of adolescent boys and young men living with perinatally-acquired HIV in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.Global public health · 2023Article
- Postnatal clubs for integrated postnatal care in Johannesburg, South Africa: a qualitative assessment of implementation.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Blood and Blood: Anti-retroviral Therapy, Masculinity, and Redemption among Adolescent Boys in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.Medical anthropology quarterly · 2022Article
- Art-based reflections from 12 years of adolescent health and development-related research in South Africa.Health promotion international · 2022Article
- How the COVID-19 Pandemic Alters the Landscapes of the HIV and Tuberculosis Epidemics in South Africa: A Case Study and Future Directions.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Almost 30% of pregnant women attending public health clinics in South Africa are HIV positive; which represents approximately 280,000 women each year. South Africa has the largest antiretroviral therapy programme in the world, with over 2.7 million people on treatment in 2013. Since its belated and controversial beginning, the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission programme has achieved a substantial reduction in vertical transmission. South Africa is justifiably proud of this success. However, the history of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) and antiretroviral therapy programmes in South Africa has been fraught with delays and political intervention. South Africa could have started both PMTCT and antiretroviral therapy programmes in 2000. Instead, the AIDS denialist views of the government allowed the HIV epidemic to spiral out of control. Roll-out of a national PMTCT programme began in 2002, but only after the government was forced to do so by a Constitutional Court ruling. Now, a decade later, HIV treatment and prevention programmes have been completely transformed. This article will discuss the evolution of the HIV epidemic in South Africa, and give a historical overview of the struggle to establish a national PMTCT, and the impact of delaying PMTCT and treatment programmes on infant and maternal health.
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