Improving men's participation in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV as a maternal, neonatal, and child health priority in South Africa

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001811

. 2015 Apr 7;12(4):e1001811.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001811. eCollection 2015 Apr.

Improving men's participation in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV as a maternal, neonatal, and child health priority in South Africa

Wessel van den Berg¹, Kirsty Brittain², Gareth Mercer³, Dean Peacock¹, Kathryn Stinson⁴, Hanna Janson¹, Vuyiseka Dubula¹

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¹ Sonke Gender Justice, Cape Town, South Africa.
² School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Vaccine Evaluation Centre, Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
⁴ School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Médecins Sans Frontières, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa.

PMID: 25849433
PMCID: PMC4388663
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001811

Improving men's participation in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV as a maternal, neonatal, and child health priority in South Africa

Wessel van den Berg et al. PLoS Med. 2015.

. 2015 Apr 7;12(4):e1001811.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001811. eCollection 2015 Apr.

Authors

Wessel van den Berg¹, Kirsty Brittain², Gareth Mercer³, Dean Peacock¹, Kathryn Stinson⁴, Hanna Janson¹, Vuyiseka Dubula¹

Affiliations

¹ Sonke Gender Justice, Cape Town, South Africa.
² School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Vaccine Evaluation Centre, Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
⁴ School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Médecins Sans Frontières, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa.

PMID: 25849433
PMCID: PMC4388663
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001811

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Correction: Improving Men's Participation in Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV as a Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health Priority in South Africa.
van den Berg W, Brittain K, Mercer G, Peacock D, Stinson K, Janson H, Dubula V. van den Berg W, et al. PLoS Med. 2015 May 11;12(5):e1001836. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001836. eCollection 2015 May. PLoS Med. 2015. PMID: 25961291 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Abstract

Wessel van den Berg and colleagues outline how increasing male partner involvement in efforts to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa may improve maternal and infant outcomes.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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[1] World Health Organization. PMTCT strategic vision 2010–2015: Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV to reach the UNGASS and Millennium Development Goals Geneva: World Health Organization; 2010.

[2] World Health Organization. PMTCT strategic vision 2010–2015: Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV to reach the UNGASS and Millennium Development Goals Geneva: World Health Organization; 2010.

[3] Betancourt TS, Abrams EJ, McBain R, Smith Fawzi MC. Family-centred approaches to the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. J Int AIDS Soc. 2010;13(Suppl 2):S2 10.1186/1758-2652-13-S2-S2 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Betancourt TS, Abrams EJ, McBain R, Smith Fawzi MC. Family-centred approaches to the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. J Int AIDS Soc. 2010;13(Suppl 2):S2 10.1186/1758-2652-13-S2-S2 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Dudgeon MR, Inhorn MC. Men's influences on women's reproductive health: Medical anthropological perspectives. Soc Sci Med. 2004;59(7):1379–1395. - PubMed

[6] Dudgeon MR, Inhorn MC. Men's influences on women's reproductive health: Medical anthropological perspectives. Soc Sci Med. 2004;59(7):1379–1395. - PubMed

[7] Kacanek D, Dennis A, Sahin-Hodoglugil NN, Montgomery ET, Morar N, Mtetwa S, et al. A qualitative study of obstacles to diaphragm and condom use in an HIV prevention trial in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS Educ Prev. 2012;24(1):54–67. 10.1521/aeap.2012.24.1.54 - DOI - PubMed

[8] Kacanek D, Dennis A, Sahin-Hodoglugil NN, Montgomery ET, Morar N, Mtetwa S, et al. A qualitative study of obstacles to diaphragm and condom use in an HIV prevention trial in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS Educ Prev. 2012;24(1):54–67. 10.1521/aeap.2012.24.1.54 - DOI - PubMed

[9] Clouse K, Schwartz S, Van Rie A, Bassett J, Yende N, Pettifor A. “What they wanted was to give birth; nothing else”: Barriers to retention in Option B+ HIV care among postpartum women in South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014;67(1):e12–e18 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000263 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Clouse K, Schwartz S, Van Rie A, Bassett J, Yende N, Pettifor A. “What they wanted was to give birth; nothing else”: Barriers to retention in Option B+ HIV care among postpartum women in South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014;67(1):e12–e18 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000263 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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