How are countries in sub-Saharan African monitoring the impact of programmes to prevent vertical transmission of HIV?

Ameena Goga^{1

2}, Yagespari Singh³, Debra Jackson^{4

5}, Solomon Mukungunugwa⁶, Rose Wafula⁷, Michael Eliya⁸, Wingston Felix Ng'ambi⁹, Linda Nabitaka¹⁰, Witness Chirinda³, Sanjana Bhardwaj¹¹, Shaffiq Essajee¹², Chika Hayashi¹², Yogan Pillay¹³

Affiliations

¹ Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Ameena.Goga@mrc.ac.za.
² Department of Paediatrics, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
³ Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa.
⁴ School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ Unicef, Health Section, New York, USA.
⁶ PMTCT, Paediatric HIV Care Treatment, AIDS and TB Unit, Ministry of Health, Harare, Zimbabwe.
⁷ National Aids and STI Control Program, Kenya.
⁸ Ministry of Health, HIV and AIDS Department, Lilongwe, Malawi.
⁹ Health Economics and Policy Unit, Department of Health Systems and Policy, College of Medicine, Lilongwe Campus, University of Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
¹⁰ Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda.
¹¹ Unicef Nigeria, formerly Unicef Pretoria, South Africa.
¹² Data and Analytics Section, Unicef, New York, USA.
¹³ HIV/AIDS, TB, MCWHN, National Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa.

PMID: 30957768
PMCID: PMC6434514
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l660

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How are countries in sub-Saharan African monitoring the impact of programmes to prevent vertical transmission of HIV?

Ameena Goga et al. BMJ. 2019.

. 2019 Mar 26:364:l660.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.l660.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Ameena.Goga@mrc.ac.za.
² Department of Paediatrics, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
³ Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa.
⁴ School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ Unicef, Health Section, New York, USA.
⁶ PMTCT, Paediatric HIV Care Treatment, AIDS and TB Unit, Ministry of Health, Harare, Zimbabwe.
⁷ National Aids and STI Control Program, Kenya.
⁸ Ministry of Health, HIV and AIDS Department, Lilongwe, Malawi.
⁹ Health Economics and Policy Unit, Department of Health Systems and Policy, College of Medicine, Lilongwe Campus, University of Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
¹⁰ Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda.
¹¹ Unicef Nigeria, formerly Unicef Pretoria, South Africa.
¹² Data and Analytics Section, Unicef, New York, USA.
¹³ HIV/AIDS, TB, MCWHN, National Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa.

PMID: 30957768
PMCID: PMC6434514
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l660

Abstract

Ameena Goga and colleagues describe how five countries in sub-Saharan Africa are monitoring the effectiveness of national programmes to prevent vertical transmission of HIV

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Increasing male engagement in the prevention of vertical transmission of HIV: what works in sub-Saharan Africa?
Aliyu MH, Sam-Agudu NA, Shenoi S, Goga AE, Ramraj T, Vermund SH, Audet CM. Aliyu MH, et al. BMJ. 2019 Jun 6;365:l1965. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l1965. BMJ. 2019. PMID: 31171558 Free PMC article.
Unmasking the vulnerabilities of uninfected children exposed to HIV.
Ramokolo V, Goga AE, Slogrove AL, Powis KM. Ramokolo V, et al. BMJ. 2019 Aug 5;366:l4479. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l4479. BMJ. 2019. PMID: 31383646 Free PMC article.

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