Retrospective analysis of risk factors and gaps in prevention strategies for mother-to-child HIV transmission in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Kathryn Lynn LoveroThais Raquelly Dourado de OliveiraEstela Magalhães CosmeNatália Beatriz CabreraMariana Fernandes GuimarãesJuliana Gregório de AvelarGiovanna Rodrigues Teixeira de OliveiraCamila de Morais SalviatoGuillermo Douglass-JaimesMaria Leticia Santos CruzEsaú Custódio JoãoAna Cláudia Mamede Wiering de BarrosMarcos Vinicius da Silva PoneIvete Martins GomesLee Woodland RileyClaudete Aparecida Araújo CardosoPublished in: BMC public health (2018)
While PMTCT coverage has improved over the years, completion of services remains insufficient. Along with interventions to promote care-seeking behaviour, increased infrastructural support for PMTCT services is needed to meet the HIV MTCT elimination goal in Brazil as well as address rising national rates of congenital syphilis.