Effect of peer-mother interactive programme on prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission outcomes among pregnant women on anti-retroviral treatment in routine healthcare in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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ID19594435
AuthorsGoodluck Lyatuu (0000-0003-0779-5515, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, corresponding author), Helga Naburi (0000-0003-1659-5224, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences), Shally Mwashemele (0000-0002-7693-2723), Peter Lyaruu (Management and Development for Health), Roseline Urrio (0000-0002-1413-7900, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences), Brenda Simba (0000-0002-2194-7725, Management and Development for Health), Emmanuel Philipo (Management and Development for Health), Ayoub Kibao (Ministry of Health and Social Welfare), Deborah Kajoka (0000-0002-8269-2535, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children), David Sando (0000-0003-0246-8195, Management and Development for Health), Nicola Orsini (0000-0002-2210-5634, Karolinska Institutet), Gunnel Biberfeld (Karolinska Institutet), Charles Kilewo (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences), Anna Mia Ekström (0000-0002-3912-1171, Karolinska Institutet)
EditorsNnodimele Onuigbo Atulomah (0000-0002-4803-503X)
Year2022
Volume2
Issue3
Pagese0000256
Publication date2022-03-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePLOS Global Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2767-3375 • E-ISSN: 2767-3375
PublisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1371/journal.pgph.0000256
PMID36962367
OpenAlexW4220753054
LanguageEN
References cited26

Peer support services are increasingly being integrated in programmes for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT). We aimed to evaluate the effect of a peer-mother interactive programme on PMTCT outcomes among pregnant women on anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in routine healthcare in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Twenty-three health facilities were cluster-randomized to a peer-mother intervention and 24 to a control arm. We trained 92 ART experienced women with HIV to offer peer education, adherence and psychosocial support to women enrolling in PMTCT care at the intervention facilities. All pregnant women who enrolled in PMTCT care at the 47 facilities from 1 st January 2018 to 31 st December 2019 were identified and followed up to 31 st July 2021. The primary outcome was time to ART attrition (no show >90 days since the scheduled appointment, excluding transfers) and any difference in one-year retention in PMTCT and ART care between intervention and control facilities. Secondary outcomes were maternal viral suppression (

Family medicine · Interquartile range · Obstetrics · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychosocial · Tanzania · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Global Maternal and Child Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics

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