Incidence of unintended pregnancies and pregnancy experience among adolescents living with perinatally-acquired HIV in West Africa: a mixed-method study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sexual and reproductive health issues in adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) have been left behind in HIV care programs. ALHIV are at risk of unintended pregnancy which jeopardizes their socio-economic future, health outcomes and exposes their newborn to HIV transmission. A better understanding of these events is needed. We studied the 18-month pregnancy incidence, and explored experiences of pregnancy among female ALHIV enrolled in the OPTIMISE-AO cohort, nested in the prospective paediatric IeDEA cohort in Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso.

Methods

We conducted a mixed-method study nested in the OPTIMISE-AO-ANRS-12390 project, a stepped-wedge interventional trial launched in 2021 to support HIV-disclosure and antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence in assenting AL

SUBMITTER: Dahourou DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11783697 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature