The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends couple human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counselling and testing (CHCT) as one of the beneficial cost-effective means for prevention mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) HIV within couple’s relationships. However, CHCT PMTCT settings in Zimbabwe remains low. This study explored adult men women’s views from a rural district regarding possible facto...

Radioactive water injected into 10-day-old rats were recovered the following day from their mothers' blood. This transfer of water was nearly eliminated by ligating the injected pups' urethras, a result indicating that mother rats consume their offspring's urine. Preventing urine consumption by ligating urethras of all pups in a litter doubled the plasma volume deficit in dams produced by 24 hr...

Abstract Background Meeting the contraceptive needs of women living with HIV (WLHIV) has primary health benefits for women, in addition to being a key element prevent mother-to-child transmission. This analysis will estimate current number infant infections prevented by contraception era increased treatment coverage and; 2) model additional preventing unintended births WLHIV. Methods Secondary ...

OBJECTIVE This analysis models the potential benefits and costs of adding family planning to national strategies for achieving universal access to programs to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission. METHODS We assume a service delivery perspective and estimate the cost-effectiveness of programs to reduce the number of HIV-infected children through using antiretroviral prophylaxis to prevent...

BACKGROUND Whereas preventive interventions for depressed mothers and their infants have yielded positive short-term outcomes, few studies have examined their long-term effectiveness. The present follow-up of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) is one of the first to examine the longer-term effects of an intervention for mothers with postpartum depression and their infants at school-age. In ear...