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Paediatrics and Child Health: Recent submissions
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(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)Ameena Goga and colleagues argue that more realistic targets are needed to maintain momentum on reducing vertical transmission in countries with a high HIV prevalence.
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(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)Vertical transmission of HIV can occur during pregnancy, delivery, or through breast feeding. The main driver of vertical transmission is a high maternal viral load. Between 2002 and 2016, low and middle income ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2019-11-11)BACKGROUND : Research studies have demonstrated a reduction in the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) to less than 2%, or 5% in non-breastfeeding and breastfeeding populations, respectively, with antiretroviral ...
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(BioMed Central, 2019-09-16)BACKGROUND : The 2016 ‘Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free’ global agenda, builds on the 2011-2015 ‘Global Plan’. It prioritises 22 countries where 90% of the world’s HIV-positive pregnant women live and aims to eliminate ...
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(BioMed Central, 2019-09-16)BACKGROUND : Despite improved policies to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT), adherence to maternal antiretroviral therapy (ART) and infant Nevirapine prophylaxis (NVP) is low in South Africa. We describe ART ...
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(BioMed Central, 2019-09-16)BACKGROUND : Since 2001 the South African guidelines to improve child health and prevent vertical HIV transmission recommended frequent infant follow-up with HIV testing at 18 months postpartum. We sought to understand ...
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(BioMed Central, 2019-09-16)BACKGROUND : In June 2015, South Africa introduced early infant HIV diagnosis (EID) at birth and ten weeks postpartum. Guidelines recommended return of birth results within a week and ten weeks postpartum results within ...
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(BioMed Central, 2019-09-16)It is remarkable that we find ourselves at a point in history where we can seriously consider the possibility of virtual elimination of mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT). Effective antiretroviral strategies, ...
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(BioMed Central, 2019-09-16)BACKGROUND : South Africa (SA) has expanded efforts to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) to less than 2% at six weeks after birth and to less than 5% at 18 months postpartum by 2016. Despite improved an ...
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(BioMed Central, 2019-09-16)BACKGROUND : Loss to follow-up after a positive infant HIV diagnosis negates the potential benefits of robust policies recommending immediate triple antiretroviral therapy initiation in HIV positive infants. Whilst the ...
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(BioMed Central, 2019-09-16)BACKGROUND : Eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV is a global public health target. Robust, feasible methodologies to measure population level impact of programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission of ...
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(BioMed Central, 2019-09-16)BACKGROUND : Although the use of technology viz. mobile phones, personalised digital assistants, smartphones, notebook and tablets to monitor health and health care (mHealth) is mushrooming, only small, localised studies ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-08)BACKGROUND: Efforts have been made worldwide to improve awareness and treatment of primary immunodeficiency (PID). This has also gained momentum on the African continent albeit at a slower pace. OBJECTIVE: This review ...
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(Wiley, 2019-11)Urea cycle disorders (UCD) are a group of rare inherited metabolic conditions of amino acid catabolism caused by an enzyme deficiency within the hepatic ammonia detoxification pathway. The presentation of these disorders ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group , 2019-11)Over the past three decades, tremendous global progress in preventing and treating paediatric HIV infection has been achieved. This paper highlights the emerging health challenges of HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) children ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-06)BACKGROUND: HIV-exposed very low birth weight (VLBW) infants (≤ 1500 g) are considered at high risk of peripartum mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT). In the past, they received formula to prevent breast milk related ...
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Neonatal, infant and child health in South Africa : reflecting on the past towards a better future (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-11)Although the neonatal mortality rate in South Africa (SA) has remained stagnant at 12 deaths per 1 000 live births, the infant and under-5 mortality rates have significantly declined since peaking in 2003. Policy changes ...
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(Elsevier, 2020-06)Patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) have an increased risk of cardiovascular complications, conduction tissue abnormalities and arrhythmia; all rare but underestimated. It has been reported that conduction system ...
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(Springer, 2020-04)PURPOSE : To investigate the impact of local therapies on high-risk neuroblastoma (HR-NB) outcomes in South Africa. METHODS : Data from 295 patients with HR-NB from nine pediatric oncology units between 2000 and 2014 were ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2020)Achieving remission after induction therapy in high-risk neuroblastoma (HR-NB) is of significant prognostic importance. This study investigated remission after induction-chemotherapy using three standard neuroblastoma ...
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