Title:
Factors influencing HIV infection of children born to mothers living with HIV in Sierra Leone: Review of Literatures and best practices of service delivery.
Authors:
Kallon, Iye
Place:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Publisher:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute [etc.]
Year:
2022
PAGE:
viii, 41
Language:
En
Subject:
Governance & HIV and AIDS
,
Health and Nutrition
Keywords:
Children with HIV, PMTCT, MLWHs, Sierra Leone, Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract:
Despite increased efforts worldwide to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmissions (PMTCT), there are still many pediatric HIV infections in resource-constrained environments like Sierra Leone. The magnitude of HIV transmission to a child from an HIV infected mother increases during delivery. The existing PMTCT interventions has low quality with a limited coverage. As a result, maternal adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is low which is causing high level of HIV transmission to children and maternal mortality. Therefore, this study reviewed factors influencing the HIV transmission from mother to child and gaps of existing PMTCT interventions.
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute , VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Institute:
KIT (Royal Tropical Institute)
Country:
Sierra Leone
Region:
West Africa
Training:
Master of Public Health/International Course in Health Development
Category:
Research
Right:
© 2022 Kallon
Document type:
Thesis/dissertation
File:
rIzBWcTVKc_20230515120421990.pdf