ArticlePloS one2023
HIV retesting for pregnant and breastfeeding women across maternal child health services in Nampula, Mozambique.
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- Prevalence of HIV retesting and associated factors among perinatal women who tested negative at the first antenatal screening in the Kilimanjaro region: a facility-based cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Healthcare services provided to pregnant women with HIV and their outcomes at primary healthcare clinics in the Free State province, South Africa.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2026Article
- Compliance with maternal HIV retesting for pregnant women attending care in selected health facilities in Namutumba district, Uganda.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Maternal HIV retesting during antenatal care in selected health facilities in Mayuge district, Uganda: A cross-sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Preferences and uptake of home-based HIV self-testing for maternal retesting in Kenya.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- The feasibility and impact of deploying a four-tests panel at antenatal care in primary health care facilities of a developing country, Kenya.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Preferences and uptake of home-based HIV self-testing for maternal retesting in Kenya.PloS one · 2024Article
- Uptake and Acceptability of HIV Self-Testing Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women and Their Male Partners in Sub-Saharan Africa: Benefits, Challenges, and Delivery Strategies.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Review
- Correction: HIV retesting for pregnant and breastfeeding women across maternal child health services in Nampula, Mozambique.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundRepeat HIV testing during pregnancy and breastfeeding identifies women with incident infections, those living with HIV who have been lost to care, and infants at risk for HIV infection. We report data from repeat testing for women in maternal and child health (MCH) services at 10 health facilities in Mozambique.
methodsRoutinely collected data from health facility registers are reported from April-November 2019. From antenatal care (ANC), we report numbers and proportions of women eligible for retesting; returned for care when retesting eligible; retested; and HIV-positive (HIV+) at retesting. From child welfare clinics (CWC), we report mothers retested; tested HIV-positive; HIV+ mothers linked to ART services; HIV-exposed infants (HEI) tested for HIV with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests; HEI testing PCR positive; PCR-positive infants linked to care.
resultsIn ANC, 28,233 pregnant women tested HIV-negative at first ANC visit, 40.7% had a follow-up visit when retesting eligible, among whom 84.8% were retested and 0.3%(N = 26) tested HIV+. In CWC, 26,503 women were tested; 0.8%(N = 212) tested HIV+ and 74.1%(N = 157) of HIV+ women were linked to care. Among 157 HEI identified in CWC, 68.4%(N = 145) received PCR testing and 19.3%(N = 28) tested positive.
conclusionIn ANC, less than half of pregnant women eligible for retesting returned for follow-up visits, and test positivity was low among women retested in ANC and CWC. In CWC, linkage to infant testing was poor and almost 20% of HEI were PCR-positive. Implementing retesting for pregnant and breastfeeding women is challenging due to high numbers of women and low testing yield.
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