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ArticleAfrican health sciences2022

Twenty years of Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission: research to implementation at a national referral hospital in Uganda.

Emily Namara-Lugolobi, Zikulah Namukwaya, Maxensia Owor, Joseph Ouma, Joyce Namale-Matovu, Clemensia Nakabiito, Christopher Ndugwa, Mary Glenn Fowler, Phillipa Musoke

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Article in African health sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Emily Namara-LugolobiMakerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration.
Zikulah NamukwayaMakerere University Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere College of Health Sciences.
Maxensia OworMakerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration.
Joseph OumaMakerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration.
Joyce Namale-MatovuMakerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration.
Clemensia NakabiitoMakerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration.
Christopher NdugwaMakerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration.
Mary Glenn FowlerMakerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration.
Phillipa MusokeMakerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration.

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Abstract

Background: Over 90% of new paediatric HIV infections are acquired through mother to child transmission. Prevention of mother to child HIV transmission (PMTCT) research in sub-Saharan Africa informed WHO guidelines which enabled implementation of PMTCT programs globally. Objectives: To describe Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University (MU-JHU) perinatal HIV prevention research and implementation of the Mulago National Referral Hospital (MNRH) PMTCT program. Methods: Perinatal HIV prevention studies conducted at MU-JHU between 1997-2016 were summarized. Program aggregated data was extracted and analyzed using STATA 15. Results: In 1999, the HIVNET 012 study demonstrated that single-dose nevirapine (sdNVP) to the mother at onset of labor and to her newborn, reduced MTCT by nearly 50%. In 2016, the PROMISE study documented the safety and efficacy of ART during pregnancy and breastfeeding period. Program implementation at MNRH started in 2000. Uptake of HIV testing increased from 70% to 99% from 2006 onwards. sd NVP was the initial ARV regimen but by 2012, MOH recommended Option B+(triple therapy). MTCT rates reduced from 16.9% in 2001 to 2.3% in 2020. Conclusion: Perinatal HIV prevention clinical trials conducted at MU-JHU provided evidence to inform WHO PMTCT guidelines. MNRH program evaluation demonstrated the significant decline in MTCT rates over the last two decades.

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Anti-HIV AgentsHIV InfectionsPregnancy Complications, InfectiousChildFemaleHospitalsHumansInfant, NewbornInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalMothersNevirapinePregnancyReferral and ConsultationUgandaAnti-HIV AgentsNevirapinePMTCT ProgramPMTCT Researchsub-Saharan Africa

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PMCPMC9590322

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