Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision and uptake of services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is targeting elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV by December 2025, however the COVID-19 pandemic challenged health service delivery globally. Monthly aggregated data were extracted from DHIS-2 for all facilities delivering antenatal care (ANC). ZIMSTAT and Spectrum demographi...

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Published in:PLOS global public health 2023, Vol.3 (8), p.e0002296-e0002296
Main Authors: Chappell, Elizabeth, Chimwaza, Anesu, Manika, Ngoni, Wedderburn, Catherine J, Mupambireyi Nenguke, Zivai, Gannon, Hannah, Cowan, Frances, Gibb, Tom, Heys, Michelle, Fitzgerald, Felicity, Phillips, Andrew, Chimhuya, Simbarashe, Gibb, Diana M, Ford, Deborah, Mushavi, Angela, Bwakura-Dangarembizi, Mutsa
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Language:English
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Biology and Life Sciences
Medicine and health sciences
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Summary:Zimbabwe is targeting elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV by December 2025, however the COVID-19 pandemic challenged health service delivery globally. Monthly aggregated data were extracted from DHIS-2 for all facilities delivering antenatal care (ANC). ZIMSTAT and Spectrum demographic estimates were used for population-level denominators. Programme indicators are among those in HIV care and population indicators reflect the total population. The mean estimated proportion of pregnant women booking for ANC per month did not change (91% pre-pandemic vs 91% during pandemic, p = 0.95), despite dropping to 47% in April 2020. At a programme-level, the estimated proportion of women who received at least one HIV test fell in April 2020 (3.6% relative reduction vs March (95% CI 2.2-5.1), p
ISSN:2767-3375
2767-3375
DOI:10.1371/journal.pgph.0002296