HIV retesting for pregnant and breastfeeding women across maternal child health services in Nampula, Mozambique.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Repeat HIV testing during pregnancy and breastfeeding identifies women with incident infections, those living with HIV who have been lost to care, and infants at risk for HIV infection. We report data from repeat testing for women in maternal and child health (MCH) services at 10 health facilities in Mozambique.

Methods

Routinely collected data from health facility registers are reported from April-November 2019. From antenatal care (ANC), we report numbers and proportions of women eligible for retesting; returned for care when retesting eligible; retested; and HIV-positive (HIV+) at retesting. From child welfare clinics (CWC), we report mothers retested; tested HIV-positive; HIV+ mothers linked to ART services; HIV-exposed infants (HEI) tested for HIV with polyme

SUBMITTER: Teasdale CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10038279 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature