Cohort profile: Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital maternal HIV cohort, Johannesburg, South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital (RMMCH) maternal HIV cohort originated from data systems that were developed to support HIV-related birth care and track outcomes of a complete birth cohort of HIV-exposed infants at Rahima Moosa Hospital and their mothers living with HIV.

Participants

Supported by the Empilweni Services and Research Unit, maternal and infant data from 13 654 pregnant women living with HIV who delivered their infants (and a subset also attended antenatal care) were collected at RMMCH in Johannesburg, South Africa since 2013. Maternal data were collected using counsellor-administered interviews and the 2013-2018 subset of this cohort was linked to the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) national HIV cohort-a longitudinal cohort of peop

SUBMITTER: Technau KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11418577 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature