The geographic distribution of priority population groups for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in South Africa

Women of reproductive age living with HIV (WRLHIV), HIV-positive pregnant women, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are key populations for eliminating mother-to-child of HIV (eMTCT) in South Africa. We describe the geographical distribution of WRLHIV, their pregnant counterparts and AGYW for r...

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Published in:PloS one 2020-04, Vol.15 (4), p.e0231228-e0231228
Main Authors: Moyo, Faith, Haeri Mazanderani, Ahmad, Kufa, Tendesayi, Sherman, Gayle G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Adolescents
Age
AIDS
Algorithms
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Births
Breast feeding
Breastfeeding & lactation
Consortia
Demographics
Demography
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Family planning
Family planning services
Fertility
Geographical distribution
Health sciences
HIV
HIV patients
HIV tests
Human immunodeficiency virus
Infections
Laboratories
Matching
Medicine and Health Sciences
Neonates
Newborn infants
People and places
Population
Population statistics
Pregnancy
Pregnant women
Public health
Public sector
Reproduction (copying)
Risk allocation
Sexually transmitted disease prevention
Social services
Syphilis
Teenage girls
Time
Women
Womens health
Young women
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Summary:Women of reproductive age living with HIV (WRLHIV), HIV-positive pregnant women, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are key populations for eliminating mother-to-child of HIV (eMTCT) in South Africa. We describe the geographical distribution of WRLHIV, their pregnant counterparts and AGYW for risk-adjusted allocation of eMTCT interventions. For the year 2018, we triangulated data from the Thembisa Model with five routine HIV-related and demographic data sources to determine the distribution of WRLHIV (15-49 years) and AGYW (15-24 years) nationally and by province. Data analysed included total population estimates, number of live-births, live-births to HIV-positive women, age-specific HIV prevalence rates, intrauterine (IU)-transmission rates and IU-case rates/100 000 live-births. IU-transmission rates and IU-case rates were calculated from de-duplicated routine HIV test-data for neonates (aged
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0231228