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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a cross-sectional study in Malawi

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    Bull World Health Organ
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    Objective

    To estimate the use and outcomes of the Malawian programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

    Methods

    In a cross-sectional analysis of 33 744 mother–infant pairs, we estimated the weighted proportions of mothers who had received antenatal HIV testing and/or maternal antiretroviral therapy and infants who had received nevirapine prophylaxis and/or HIV testing. We calculated the ratios of MTCT at 4–26 weeks postpartum for subgroups that had missed none or at least one of these four steps.

    Findings

    The estimated uptake of antenatal testing was 97.8%; while maternal antiretroviral therapy was 96.3%; infant prophylaxis was 92.3%; and infant HIV testing was 53.2%. Estimated ratios of MTCT were 4.7% overall and 7.7% for the pairs that had missed maternal antiretroviral therapy, 10.7% for missing both maternal antiretroviral therapy and infant prophylaxis and 11.4% for missing maternal antiretroviral therapy, infant prophylaxis and infant testing. Women younger than 19 years were more likely to have missed HIV testing (adjusted odds ratio, aOR: 4.9; 95% confidence interval, CI: 2.3–10.6) and infant prophylaxis (aOR: 6.9; 95% CI: 1.2–38.9) than older women. Women who had never started maternal antiretroviral therapy were more likely to have missed infant prophylaxis (aOR: 15.4; 95% CI: 7.2–32.9) and infant testing (aOR: 13.7; 95% CI: 4.2–83.3) than women who had.

    Conclusion

    Most women used the Malawian programme for the prevention of MTCT. The risk of MTCT increased if any of the main steps in the programme were missed.

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    Bull World Health Organ. 2018; 96(4):256-265.
  • Pubmed ID:
    29695882
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC5872011
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Funding:
    U2G GH000721/GH/CGH CDC HHS/United States
  • Place as Subject:
    Malawi
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