A risk measurement tool for targeted HIV prevention measures amongst young pregnant and lactating women in South Africa.
Trisha RamrajNada AbdelatifWitness ChirindaFareed AbdullahGurpreet KindraAmeena GogaPublished in: BMC public health (2022)
The optimal model to be used as a possible risk scoring tool to allow for early identification of those pregnant/lactating women most at-risk of HIV acquisition included both statistically as well as clinically meaningful risk factors. A field-based study is needed to test and validate the effectiveness of this targeted approach.
Keyphrases
- south africa
- risk factors
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- hiv positive
- pregnant women
- pregnancy outcomes
- randomized controlled trial
- dairy cows
- heat stress
- systematic review
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- hiv testing
- men who have sex with men
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle