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Completeness of patient-held records: observations of the Road-to-Health Booklet from two national facility-based surveys at 6 weeks postpartum, South Africa
(Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2018)
BACKGROUND Continuity of care is important for child well-being
in all settings where postnatal retention of mother-infant pairs in
care remains a challenge. This analysis reports on completeness of
patient-held infant ...
Adolescent access to care and risk of early mother-to-child HIV transmission
(Elsevier, 2017)
PURPOSE: Adolescent females aged 15–19 account for 62% of new HIV infections and give birth to
16 million infants annually. We quantify the risk of early mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of
HIV among adolescents ...
Strengthening health system’s capacity for pre-exposure prophylaxis for adolescent girls and young women and adolescent boys and young men in South Africa (SHeS’Cap–PrEP): Protocol for a mixed methods study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2022)
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective prevention intervention that can be used to
control HIV incidence especially among people who are at increased risk for HIV such as adolescent
girls and young women (AGYW) ...