Effect of a Mentor Mother Programme on retention of mother-baby pairs in HIV care: A secondary analysis of programme data in Uganda.
Jude Ofuzinim IgumborJoseph OumaKennedy OtwombeEustasius MusengeFelix Chima AnyanwuTariro BaseraMarjorie MbuleEsca ScheepersKathrin SchmitzPublished in: PloS one (2019)
HIV positive mothers and their HIV exposed children in the mothers2mothers Ugandan Mentor Mother programme had higher retention in HIV care at every step along the PMTCT cascade. We therefore recommend adoption of this peer-to-peer model in sub-Saharan Africa to complement retention in care strategies and health system interventions especially among priority and key populations.
Keyphrases
- hiv positive
- antiretroviral therapy
- men who have sex with men
- south africa
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- hiv testing
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv infected
- electronic health record
- healthcare
- hiv aids
- palliative care
- randomized controlled trial
- physical activity
- quality improvement
- big data
- clinical trial
- pain management
- artificial intelligence
- data analysis