Open Access<p>Joint and Separate Analysis for Longitudinal and Survival Data on Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Among Infected Mothers on Option B+ at Health Centers in North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia, 2017</p>
Author(s) -
Abinet Dagnaw Mekuria,
Assefa Legesse Sisay,
Kassa Ketsela Hailegiorgies,
Ayele Mamo Abebe
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s269558
Subject(s) - medicine , longitudinal study , transmission (telecommunications) , demography , cohort , cohort study , viral load , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pediatrics , obstetrics , environmental health , immunology , electrical engineering , pathology , sociology , engineering
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) is a frequently used word for programs and intervention methods to decrease the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The aim of this study was to identify determinants of the reduction of CD4 count through time and the maternal transmission of HIV to their child on the PMTCT program at health centers in North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia.