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ArticleJournal of the International AIDS Society2026

From the "Dark Days" to Golden Days: Lessons From the Botswana National Validation Committee's Journey on the Path to Elimination of Vertical Transmission of HIV.

Mogomotsi Matshaba, Queen Nthusang, Jessica Setswalo, Tebogo Madidimalo, Bornapate Nkomo, Mooketsi Molefi

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Article in Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Progress and Challenges in Elimination of Vertical HIV Transmission.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mogomotsi MatshabaNational Validation Committee, Ministry of Health, Gaborone, Botswana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6441-1218
Queen NthusangNational Validation Committee, Ministry of Health, Gaborone, Botswana.
Jessica SetswaloNational Validation Committee, Ministry of Health, Gaborone, Botswana.
Tebogo MadidimaloNational Validation Committee, Ministry of Health, Gaborone, Botswana.
Bornapate NkomoNational Validation Committee, Ministry of Health, Gaborone, Botswana.
Mooketsi MolefiNational Validation Committee, Ministry of Health, Gaborone, Botswana.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Identifiers

PMID42319238
PMCPMC13281398

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