A scoping review on HIV early infant diagnosis among HIV exposed infants, ART use and adherence in Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV Early Infant Diagnosis (HEID) is critical for the timely initiation of HIV treatments and improved health outcomes among HIV-infected infants. However, the uptake of HEID remains largely low in Tanzania. This descriptive scoping review of evidence on HEID among HIV-exposed infants in Tanzania seeks to understand the dynamics of HEID, ART use and adherence to inform targeted interventions and promote its uptake.

Methods

The Arksey and O'Malley's methodological framework guided this scoping review. We searched for peer-published articles on HEID in Tanzania through PubMed and Google Scholar with full-text retrieval from HINAR. We included only English language articles published between 2013 and 2022. Further searches for the materials on the reference lists of

SUBMITTER: Metta E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10714633 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature