A qualitative study to understand the facilitators of and barriers to retention in care to the national PMTCT Option B+ programme in Uganda

Effective prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programmes require women and their infants to have access to a cascade of HIV care and treatment interventions. Retention in care reduces the risk of vertical transmission and opportunistic infections among mothers living with HIV. Uganda...

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Published in:PloS one 2025-01, Vol.20 (1), p.e0314885
Main Authors: Kyomugisha-Nuwagaba, Charity, King, Rachel, Baryamutuma, Rose, Muhumuza, Simon, Kisakye, Linda N., Bazeyo, William, Akello, Evelyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Antiretroviral agents
Antiretroviral drugs
Antiretroviral therapy
Biology and Life Sciences
Breastfeeding & lactation
Community health aides
Community involvement
Control
Disease transmission
Distribution
Engineering and Technology
Female
Focus Groups
Health aspects
Health care facilities
Health facilities
Health Services Accessibility
HIV
HIV infection
HIV Infections - drug therapy
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - prevention & control
HIV Infections - transmission
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Infants
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - prevention & control
Medical personnel
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mental disorders
Mother and infant
Mother-offspring interactions
Mothers
Mothers - psychology
People and Places
Postpartum period
Practice
Pregnancy
Prevention
Qualitative Research
Quality control
Retention
Retention in Care
Social Stigma
Support systems
Uganda - epidemiology
Vertical transmission (disease)
Womens health
Young Adult
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