Women's reasons for not participating in follow up visits before starting short course antiretroviral prophylaxis for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV: qualitative interview study

Abstract

Objective To find out why pregnant women who receive HIV-1 positive test results and are offered short course antiretroviral prophylaxis to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child do not participate in necessary follow up visits before starting prophylaxis.

HIV epidemic and infant feeding in South Africa

“…Poor relationships between clients and health workers can also lead to fears in women that could influence their future health-seeking behaviour. 16 Indeed, we noted evidence for this effect in our own study in that women expressed fears about obtaining formula supplies from health workers.…”

Implementation and outcomes of an active defaulter tracing system for HIV, prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), and TB patients in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya

“…7 Patient retention has also been difficult for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programmes. [8][9][10][11] There is even less literature on the true outcomes of TB defaulters. 12 Documented completion of TB treatment in Africa ranges from 22% to 94%.…”

Barriers to access prevention of mother-to-child transmission for HIV positive women in a well-resourced setting in Vietnam

“…Many countries reported low uptake of HIV testing. The most important barrier to use the services was found to be fear of stigma and discrimination among HIV positive pregnant women [5][6][7][8]. Poor counselling or lack of counselling meant that HIV positive pregnant women lacked awareness on PMTCT opportunities, which limited their access to these services [9,10].…”