Children born to HIV-infected mothers have worse developmental outcomes compared to HIV-unexposed children. However, little is known about interventions to improve developmental outcomes in this population. This study ...

Introduction: Successful population-level antiretroviraltherapy (ART) adherence will be necessary to realize both the clinicaland prevention benefits of antiretroviral scale-up and, ultimately, the end of AIDS. Although ...

Abstract Introduction With the increasing number of children exposed to HIV or antiretroviral therapy in utero, there are concerns that this population may have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes compared to those who ...

Background: Because large, prospective, population-based data sets describing maternal outcomes are typically not available in low- and middle-income countries, it is difficult to monitor maternal mortality rates over ...

etting:All public health facilities in Bonthe District, ru-ral Sierra Leone.Objective:To compare, in the periods before and during the Ebola virus disease outbreak, 1) the submission and completeness of monthly ...

Background Adolescent girls between 15 and 19 years give birth to around 16 million babies each year, around 11% of births worldwide. We sought to determine whether adolescent mothers are at higher risk of maternal and ...

U.S. global health investment has focused on detection, treatment, and eradication of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, with significant ...

Introduction:An important determinant of the effectiveness of HIV treatment programs is the capacity of sites to implementrecommended services and identify systematic changes needed to ensure that invested resources translate ...

Objective We describe perceived physician communication behaviors and its association with adherence to care, among HIV patients in Kenya. Design This cross-sectional study was conducted between July and August 2011. Setting ...