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Title: | Evaluating elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Suriname: a mixed method study | Authors: | STIJNBERG, Deborah Holband, Suze Charles, Regillio ULENAERS, Dorien SCHROOTEN, Ward Adhin, Malti R. |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION | Source: | REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 47 (Art N° e159) | Abstract: | Objectives. To evaluate the cascade of care for the elimination of mother-to-child-transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Suriname and identify sociodemographic and clinical factors preventing transmission to exposed infants.Methods. A mixed-methods study design was used. Antenatal care data from the 2018 cross-sectional multi-indicator cluster survey on 1 026 women aged 15-49 years who had had a live birth in the previous 2 years were used. Furthermore, national data on a cohort of 279 mothers with HIV and their 317 infants born from 2016 to 2018 were evaluated. Additionally, 13 cases of mother-to-child-transmission of HIV were reviewed.Results. In 89.3% of cases, no mother-to-child HIV transmission occurred. Early cascade steps show that 28.4% of women had unmet family planning needs, 15% had no antenatal visits, 8% delivered outside a health facility, and 71.5% received an HIV test during antenatal care. Of the pregnant women with HIV, 84.2% received antiretroviral therapy, while 95.5% of their infants received HIV prophylactic treatment. Receiving antiretroviral therapy for the mother (odds ratio (OR) 45.4, 95% confidence interval (CI) 9.6-215.3) and the child (OR 145.7, 95% CI 14.4-1477.4) significantly increased the odds of a negative HIV test result in infants. Conversely, living in the interior decreased the odds (OR 0.2, 95% CI 0.4-0.7) compared with urban living.Conclusions. HIV medication for mothers with HIV and their infants remains key in the prevention of mother-to-child-transmission of HIV. Early prenatal care with follow-up should be strengthened in Suriname. | Notes: | Stijnberg, D (corresponding author), Anton De Kom Univ Suriname, Fac Med Sci, Paramaribo, Suriname. deborah.stijnberg@uvs.edu |
Keywords: | HIV;HIV;infectious disease transmission, vertical;infectious disease transmission;Suriname;vertical;Suriname | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/42245 | ISSN: | 1020-4989 | e-ISSN: | 1680-5348 | DOI: | 10.26633/RPSP.2023.159 | ISI #: | 001128583700001 | Rights: | This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. No modifications or commercial use of this article are permitted. In any reproduction of this article there should not be any suggestion that PAHO or this article endorse any specific organization or products. The use of the PAHO logo is not permitted. This notice should be preserved along with the article’s original URL. Open access logo and text by PLoS, under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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