Increasing male engagement in the prevention of vertical transmission of HIV : what works in sub-Saharan Africa?

dc.contributor.authorAliyu, Muktar H.
dc.contributor.authorAgudu, Nadia A. Sam
dc.contributor.authorShenoi, Sheela
dc.contributor.authorGoga, Ameena Ebrahim
dc.contributor.authorRamraj, Trisha
dc.contributor.authorVermund, Sten H.
dc.contributor.authorAudet, Carolyn M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-16T14:40:17Z
dc.date.available2020-07-16T14:40:17Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractEnding vertical transmission of HIV, or maternal-to-infant passage of HIV during pregnancy, labour, or postpartum, in sub- Saharan Africa will require innovations beyond current biomedical tools. Available evidence indicates that involvement of male partners in vertical transmission prevention programmes is such an innovation. Support from a male partner is associated with enhanced maternal HIV testing during pregnancy, increased initiation and adherence to maternal antiretroviral therapy, improved HIV communication and prevention among couples, and decreased vertical transmission, with attendant increase in HIV-free infant survival.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPaediatrics and Child Healthen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.bmj.com/thebmjen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAliyu, M.H., Sam-Agudu, N.A., Shenoi, S et al. Increasing male engagement in the prevention of vertical transmission of HIV: What works in sub-Saharan Africa? BMJ 2019;365:l1965 http://dx.DOI.org/10.1136/bmj.l1965.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0959-8138 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1756-1833 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1136/bmj.l1965
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/75327
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Groupen_ZA
dc.rights© The Author(s). 2019. Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.en_ZA
dc.subjectPreventionen_ZA
dc.subjectTransmissionen_ZA
dc.subjectHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)en_ZA
dc.subjectVertical transmissionen_ZA
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africa (SSA)en_ZA
dc.subjectMale partnersen_ZA
dc.titleIncreasing male engagement in the prevention of vertical transmission of HIV : what works in sub-Saharan Africa?en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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