Missed opportunities to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Italy.

Antonio Di Biagio Lucia TaramassoG GustinettiG BurasteroV GiacometD La RovereO GenoveseC GiaquintoO RamponI CarloniT K HyppoliteL PalandriS BernardiE BruzzeseR BadolatoC GabianoElena ChiappiniM De MartinoL Gallinull null

Published in: HIV medicine (2019)

We found an unacceptable number of missed opportunities to prevent mother-to-child transmission (MCTC). Eliminating HIV MTCT is a universal World Health Organization goal. Elucidating organization failures in Italy over the past decade should help to improve early diagnosis and to reach the zero transmission target in newborns.

Keyphrases

antiretroviral therapy
hiv positive
hiv infected
hiv testing
human immunodeficiency virus
hepatitis c virus
hiv aids
mental health
men who have sex with men
pregnant women
south africa
low birth weight
preterm infants
preterm birth