Optimizing infant HIV diagnosis with additional screening at immunization clinics in three sub-Saharan African settings: a cost-effectiveness analysis.

Lorna DunningAditya R Gandhi Martina PenazzatoDjøra I SoetemanPaul RevillSimone FrankAndrew N PhillipsCaitlin DugdaleElaine AbramsMilton C WeinsteinMarie-Louise NewellIntira Jeannie CollinsMeg DohertyLara VojnovPatricia Fassinou EkouéviLandon MyerAngela MushaviKenneth A FreedbergAndrea L Ciaranello

Published in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2021)

Universal maternal HIV screening at immunization visits with referral to EID and maternal ART initiation may reduce MTCT, improve paediatric LE, and be of comparable value to current HIV-related interventions in high maternal HIV prevalence settings like SA and Zimbabwe.

Keyphrases

antiretroviral therapy
hiv testing
hiv infected
hiv positive
human immunodeficiency virus
men who have sex with men
hiv aids
hepatitis c virus
birth weight
primary care
south africa
emergency department
pregnancy outcomes
intensive care unit
risk factors