Open Access“What They Wanted Was to Give Birth; Nothing Else”
Author(s) -
Kate Clouse,
Sheree Schwartz,
Annelies Van Rie,
Jean Bassett,
Nompumelelo Yende,
Audrey Pettifor
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000000263
Subject(s) - medicine , denial , interquartile range , family medicine , focus group , pregnancy , health care , feeling , antiretroviral therapy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , obstetrics , psychology , viral load , surgery , social psychology , marketing , business , genetics , economic growth , biology , economics , psychoanalysis
Women initiating antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy have high rates of dropout, particularly after delivery. We aimed to identify challenges to postpartum retention in care under Option B+, which expands antiretroviral therapy access to all HIV-positive pregnant women regardless of CD4 count.