HIV-exposed infant follow-up in Mozambique: formative research findings for the design of a cluster randomized controlled trial to improve testing and ART initiation

HIV-exposed infant follow-up in Mozambique: formative research findings for the design of a cluster randomized controlled trial to improve testing and ART initiation

Abstract Background Early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV-exposed and initiation of HIV-positive infants on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) requires a well-coordinated cascade of care. Loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) can occur at multiple steps and effective EID is impeded by human resource constraints, diffic...

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Main Authors: Lúcia Vieira, Arlete Miloque Mahumane, Manuel Napua, Falume Chale, João Luís Manuel, Jessica Greenberg Cowan, Kenneth Sherr, Rachel R. Chapman, James T. Pfeiffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
EID
Pediatric HIV
LTFU
Implementation science
Formative research
Mozambique
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-020-5051-8

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