{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(2)"],"submitter":["Kiyaga C"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Introduction</h4>A review of Uganda's HIV Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) program in 2010 revealed poor retention outcomes for HIV-exposed infants (HEI) after testing. The review informed development of the 'EID Systems Strengthening' model: a set of integrated initiatives at health facilities to improve testing, retention, and clinical care of HIV-exposed and infected infants. The program model was piloted at several facilities and later scaled countrywide. This mixed-methods study evaluates the program's impact and assesses its implementation.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a retrospective cohort study at 12 health facilities in Uganda, comprising all HEI tested by DNA PCR from June 2011 to May 2014 (n = 707). Cohort data were collected manually at the health facilities and analyzed. To as"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pagination":["e0246546"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7861549"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Uganda's \"EID Systems Strengthening\" model produces significant gains in testing, linkage, and retention of HIV-exposed and infected infants: An impact evaluation."],"pmcid":["PMC7861549"],"pubmed_authors":["Grosz J","Elyanu P","Narayan V","Kisaakye LN","Kiyaga C","McConnell I","Joseph E","Kekitiinwa A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Uganda's \"EID Systems Strengthening\" model produces significant gains in testing, linkage, and retention of HIV-exposed and infected infants: An impact evaluation.","description":"<h4>Introduction</h4>A review of Uganda's HIV Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) program in 2010 revealed poor retention outcomes for HIV-exposed infants (HEI) after testing. The review informed development of the 'EID Systems Strengthening' model: a set of integrated initiatives at health facilities to improve testing, retention, and clinical care of HIV-exposed and infected infants. The program model was piloted at several facilities and later scaled countrywide. This mixed-methods study evaluates the program's impact and assesses its implementation.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a retrospective cohort study at 12 health facilities in Uganda, comprising all HEI tested by DNA PCR from June 2011 to May 2014 (n = 707). Cohort data were collected manually at the health facilities and analyzed. To as","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021","modification":"2026-07-16T02:50:50.907Z","creation":"2026-07-09T10:31:17.778Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7861549","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33539425"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0246546"]}}