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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"WLHIV"”.
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Psychological and socio-cultural effects of forced and coerced sterilization of women living with HIV (WLHIV) in Namibia: Implications for intervention
… coerced sterilisation of women living with HIV (WLHIV) is one of the serious forms of fundamental human rights violations, which has occurred, the world over. In Namibia, cases of forced and coerced sterilisation were first reported in 2007 to 2008. With the support of civil society …
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Tuberculosis and hospitalization incidence postpartum among women living with HIV in Gugulethu, Western Cape, South Africa
… pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV (WLHIV), thus making WLHIV at a higher risk of hospitalization postpartum, due to the increased risk of Cesarean delivery (CD) and obstetric conditions as a result of HIV. The prevalence of TB among pregnant and postpartum women is poorly defined …
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Diabetes and hypertension in pregnancy: Association with adverse birth outcomes among pregnant women living with and without HIV in Cape Town, South Africa (2017-2019): A retrospective study
… significance, obese women living with HIV (WLHIV) had higher hypertension prevalence compared to normal weight WLHIV (14% vs 2%). A unit increase in gravidity, parity and age were significantly associated with increased odds of having hypertension (gravidity OR 1.02; 95% confidence interval …
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Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Outcomes Among Women Living with HIV in Durban, South Africa
… on HIV outcomes among women living with HIV (WLHIV) in Durban, South Africa. We assessed past-year IPV using the WHO Violence Against Women Questionnaire. We conducted logistic regression to assess associations between demographic variables and IPV at baseline, and between IPV at baseline and …
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Early infant breastfeeding practices, and predictors of breastfeeding cessation, in HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected mothers on antiretroviral treatment: a prospective cohort study
… cessation among women living with HIV (WLHIV) receiving universal ART, and a comparator group of HIV-negative (HIV-) women in Cape Town, South Africa. Methodology: This secondary data analysis used deidentified data from two parallel, prospective cohort studies conducted at the Gugulethu …
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The association between maternal HIV and stillbirths in an era of universal art in pregnancy in the Western Cape, South Africa
… participants: 4,773 women living with HIV (WLHIV) and 10,350 women without HIV. WLHIV had a median age of 28 years, while women without HIV had a median age of 31 years. The overall stillbirth rate was 15 per 1,000 births (95% CI: 13.1-16.9). Stillbirth rates were higher among WLHIV at 17 …
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The association between maternal HIV and stillbirths in an era of universal art in pregnancy in the Western Cape, South Africa
… participants: 4,773 women living with HIV (WLHIV) and 10,350 women without HIV. WLHIV had a median age of 28 years, while women without HIV had a median age of 31 years. The overall stillbirth rate was 15 per 1,000 births (95% CI: 13.1-16.9). Stillbirth rates were higher among WLHIV at 17 …
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Investigating the intention of pregnancy among women living with HIV and its effect on the early development of their HIV exposed infants
… >95% of infants born to women living with HIV (WLHIV) in South Africa being born HIV uninfected. Concerns have however been raised regarding the health and development of HIV exposed and uninfected (HEU) infants. WLHIV in South Africa are more likely to have an unintended pregnancy compared HIV …
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Patterns of HIV care prior to antenatal care, and the impact on later outcomes, among pregnant women living with HIV in Gugulethu, South Africa: A retrospective cohort
Introduction: Women living with HIV (WLHIV) entering antenatal care (ANC) are at high risk of disengagement from antiretroviral therapy (ART). Increasing numbers of women conceiving are already on ART, but little is known about their patterns of care before ANC. We described ART history patterns …
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Prevalence of pregnancy and postpartum hypertension in obese women living with HIV In Cape Town, South Africa
… was carried out. This data was for pregnant WLHIV, who presented themselves at Gugulethu community health facility from 2013 to 2018. The data was merged for analysis of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) in association with body mass Index (BMI) and antiretroviral therapy (ART) …
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Psychosocial predictors of HIV treatment outcomes among young pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV
… pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV (WLHIV) in low-income countries like South Africa. Furthermore, knowledge on the cumulative impact of these often-co-occurring psychosocial risk factors on HIV treatment outcomes is limited. This analysis examined the prevalence and co-occurrence of …
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Examining the association between future pregnancy intentions, contraceptive use and repeat pregnancies among women living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa
… and childbearing among women living with HIV (WLHIV). With the integration of family planning services in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services, understanding fertility intentions and contraceptive use is crucial in evaluating such programs. We investigated the …
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Meeting the contraceptive needs of HIV positive adolescent females living in urban townships in Western Cape, South Africa: perspectives of clients and primary health care providers
… HIV transmission in women living with HIV (WLHIV), including female adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV). Although increased data and research on WLHIV contraception has provided opportunities to strengthen contraception services in HIV programmes, little is known about ALHIV contraceptive …
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Growth, infectious morbidity, and neurodevelopment of HIV-exposed and HIV-unexposed infants in the context of lifelong maternal antiretroviral therapy and breastfeeding: a prospective cohort study
… LAZ; head circumference-for-age, HCAZ]; WLHIV provided blood for repeated HIV viral load. At 12 months, the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, 3rd edition (BSID-III) was used to assess neurodevelopment. Findings WLHIV (100% antenatal ART) reported worse living conditions and higher …
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Breastfeeding practices among women living with HIV who started antiretroviral therapy in pregnancy in Cape Town South Africa
… on data from 411 women living with HIV (WLHIV) who initiated ART in pregnancy. The women had participated in the 2016 – 2018 Postpartum Adherence Clubs for Antiretroviral Therapy (PACART) trial, which compared viral suppression up to 24 months postpartum in women randomized to two …
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Prevention of mother-to-child-transmission of HIV in Khayelitsha: a contemporary review of services 20 years later
… mother-infant pairs (2548 women living with HIV (WLHIV)) presented in the manuscript was a young cohort with a median age of 30 years (interquartile range of 26 – 34), in which most women delivered vaginally (70.5%), and 78.3% attended at least one antenatal visit before delivery. Most WLHIV …
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Effects of preterm birth on HIV acquisition risk and antiretroviral prophylaxis safety in HIV-exposed Infants in Botswana
… treatment (ART) use in women living with HIV (WLHIV) during the index pregnancy was associated with an observed decrease in odds of HIV acquisition in both preterm and term infants compared to infants born to women who received ZDV only or no ARV prophylaxis at all in the index pregnancy …