Text messaging for maternal and infant retention in prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services: A pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial in Kenya.

<h4>Background</h4>Timely diagnosis of infant HIV infection is essential for antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation. In a randomized controlled trial, we found the Texting Improves Testing (TextIT) intervention (a theory-based text messaging system) to be efficacious for improving infan...

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Main Authors: Thomas A Odeny, James P Hughes, Elizabeth A Bukusi, Eliud Akama, Elvin H Geng, King K Holmes, R Scott McClelland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-10-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002924