Integration of Neonatal and Child Health Interventions with Pediatric HIV Interventions in Global Health.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

In the last decade, many strategies have called for integration of HIV and child survival platforms to reduce missed opportunities and improve child health outcomes. Countries with generalized HIV epidemics have been encouraged to optimize each clinical encounter to bend the HIV epidemic curve. This systematic review looks at integrated child health services and summarizes evidence on their health outcomes, service uptake, acceptability, and identified enablers and barriers.

Methods

Databases were systematically searched for peer-reviewed studies. Interventions of interest were HIV services integrated with: neonatal/child services for children <5 years, hospital care of children <5 years, immunizations, and nutrition services. Outcomes of interest were:

SUBMITTER: Smith BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6322631 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature