Uptake of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive women ever enrolled into 'prevention of mother to child transmission' programme, Mandalay, Myanmar-a cohort study.
Khine Wut Yee KyawSrinath SatyanarayanaKhaing Hnin PhyoNang Thu Thu KyawAye Aye MonThan Than LwinThet Ko AungMyo Minn OoZaw Zaw AungThurain HtunNang Seng Noon KhamTheingi MyaAjay M V KumarHtun Nyunt OoPublished in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2018)
This study shows high uptake of ART/pARV among those enrolled into the PMTCT programme. However, about one in eight pregnant women did not receive ART before delivery. Among those initiated on ART/pARV before delivery, nearly half of them received ART/pARV for less than 8 weeks prior to delivery. These aspects need to be improved in order to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.