Mother-to-child HIV transmission and its correlates in India: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Mihir BhattaNalok DuttaSrijita NandiShanta DuttaMalay Kumar Saha

Published in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2020)

In India, pooled HIV prevalence of MTCT as high as 8.78% (95% CI; 5.76, 12.31) among babies born to infected mothers warrants urgent need of focused intervention for providing ART (PMTCT intervention), ensuring proper infant ARV prophylaxis, and avoiding delivery without proper medical facility to pregnant women with HIV for reduction of occurrence in HIV transmission from mothers to children.

Keyphrases

antiretroviral therapy
hiv infected
hiv positive
hiv testing
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv aids
hepatitis c virus
men who have sex with men
randomized controlled trial
south africa
mental health
pregnant women
risk assessment
gestational age
risk factors
phase iii
open label