Perinatal HIV Transmission Prevention: Challenges among Women Living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

About 86 percent of the estimated 160,000 children newly-infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) live in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite global efforts to reduce perinatal HIV transmission, this phenomenon continues to be a public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper discusses c...

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Autores principales: Armstrong-Mensah, Elizabeth, Ruiz, Krystal, Fofana, Aminata, Hawley, Victoria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health and Education Projects, Inc 2020
Materias:
Commentary | Perinatal HIV Transmission
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7433295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32832201
http://dx.doi.org/10.21106/ijma.404
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Sumario:About 86 percent of the estimated 160,000 children newly-infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) live in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite global efforts to reduce perinatal HIV transmission, this phenomenon continues to be a public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper discusses challenges associated with perinatal HIV transmission prevention in sub-Saharan Africa and offers strategies for the way forward. These strategies include safe sex education and behavioral change, increased access to integrated antenatal care, training of unskilled traditional birth attendants into formal delivery systems, access to antiretroviral therapy, and investing in virologic testing.

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