Mother-to-child HIV transmission and its associations among exposed infants after Option B+ guidelines implementation in the Amhara regional state referral hospitals, Ethiopia | Zendy

Mesfin Wudu Kassaw | Zendy; Ayele Mamo Abebe | Zendy; Biruk Beletew Abate | Zendy; Kenean Getaneh Tlaye | Zendy; Ayelign Mengesha Kassie | Zendy

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Mother-to-child HIV transmission and its associations among exposed infants after Option B+ guidelines implementation in the Amhara regional state referral hospitals, Ethiopia

Author(s) -

Mesfin Wudu Kassaw,

Ayele Mamo Abebe,

Biruk Beletew Abate,

Kenean Getaneh Tlaye,

Ayelign Mengesha Kassie

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.006

Subject(s) - breastfeeding , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , referral , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , cumulative incidence , cohort , retrospective cohort study , medical record , public health , breast feeding , demography , family medicine , nursing , physics , electrical engineering , optics , engineering , sociology

Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been a global public health priority. In 2013, the World Health Organization recommended antiretroviral therapy administration to all HIV-positive pregnant and breastfeeding women regardless of the CD4 cell count or clinical stage, referred to 'Option B+'. Ethiopia has had a high prevalence of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The prevalence of transmission in breastfeeding mothers was 24% in 2012 and increased to more than 30% in 2015. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HIV transmission and its associations among infants born to HIV-positive mothers who had enrolled with the five Amhara regional state referral hospitals' prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission departments, Ethiopia.

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