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Multiple Countries
     

       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Antenatal HIV testing and counseling practices in seven Asian countries: working towards elimination of MTCT in low and concentrated epidemic settings
P. Srikantiah, Y.R. Lo, R. Baggaley, et al
(4th IAS Conference)
Abstract

Azerbaijan
     

       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  POSTER
Some results of PMTCT implementation in Azerbaijan
E. Almammedova, H. Gadirova, F. Alakbarov, S. Veliyeva
(6th IAS Conference)
Poster     Abstract 

Bangladesh
     

       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Identification of bottlenecks towards effective coverage of PMTCT services in Bangladesh
T. Oyewale, S. Begum, S.B. Chowdhury, et al
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract


Cambodia
     

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Reverse Transcriptase Mutations in Cambodian CRF01_AE Isolates after Antiretroviral
Prophylaxis against HIV Type 1 Perinatal Transmission.
Ly N, Phoung V, Min DC, et al 
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses.
2007 Dec;23(12):1563-8.
Abstract

Influence of the involvement of partners in the mother class with voluntary confidential
counselling and testing acceptance for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
Programme (PMTCT Programme) in Cambodia.

Kakimoto K, Kanal K, Mukoyama Y, et al 
AIDS Care.
2007 Mar;19(3):381-4.
Abstract

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
POSTER
Provincial data management team in Banteay Meanchey province (BMC), Cambodia: implementation
in contribution to reduce new HIV transmission and to improve quality of life of the HIV-infected
H. Ta
(6th IAS Conference)
Poster     Abstract

Mother to child transmission of HIV at Calmette Hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia:
benefits of PMTCT national recommendations
Kruy LS, Chham K, Im S, et al
(4th IAS Conference)
Abstract

Low utilization of health facilities among known HIV status pregnant women in Cambodia
S. Vong  . Kanal, TV Chheng, et al
(16IAC)
Abstract 
 
Impacts of husband participation in VCT for prevention of mother to child
transmission (PMTCT) national programme in Cambodia

K Kanal, K Kakimoto, K Rattana,  et al

(15IAC)
Abstract 

Assessing the feasibility and acceptability of the PMTCT pilot program in Cambodia:|
a one year program evaluation

K Koum, S Kuy, S W Seng, et al,
(15IAC)
Abstract 

 
  Health facility assessment 2003: Findings and implications for VCCT in Cambodia.
CV Mean, P Richardson, G Pillai, et al

(15IAC)
Abstract 

 
  Promoting partner involvement in prevention of mother to child transmission in Moung
Russei District, Battambang, Cambodia

SH Ho, VO Oum, SS So, et al
(15IAC)
Abstract 
 
A comprehension approach to improve the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission
of HIV (PMTCT) in a maternity ward in Phnom Penh

L S Kruy, R Lefait-Robin, D Lemercier, et al

(15IAC)
Abstract
 
  The establishment of a continuum of care for people living with HIV/AIDS in resource
poor settings in Cambodia

SK Kuy, SS So, VO Ouk, et al

(15IAC)
Abstract 

 
  Helping the helpers: network of VCT counselors provides an effective venue for peer
support and capacity strengthening

V Ouk, P Sok, P Dharmarak
(15IAC)
Abstract
 
Evaluation of HIV testing performance of a rapid test by trained non-laboratory health
staffs and laboratory technicians

T L Chou, K Kakimoto, T V Chheng, et al
15IAC)
Abstract 

 
Characterization of mutations in HIV type 1 isolates from 135 Cambodian pregnant
women and recently infected patients, naive to antiretroviral drugs

Ly N., Recordon-Pinson P., Phoung V., Kruy Leang S.
(15IAC)
Abstract 

 
Assessing the feasibility and acceptability of the PMTCT pilot program in Cambodia:
a one year program evaluation

K Koum, S Kuy,
S W Seng et al
(15IAC)
Abstract 
 
Addressing the sociocultural needs of pregnant and postpartum women in HIV
prevention programs

P M Perchal, L Collins, S Mehta, et al

(15IAC)
Abstract 
 
Introducing PMTCT services in Cambodia
W Seng  , K Koum
(14AC)
Abstract 

China
     

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Progress in Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1 in Zhejiang Province, China, 2007-2013.
Zhang XH, Lu W, Wu QY,  et al
Curr HIV
Res
. 2014 Feb 25
Abstract

Accelerating prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: Ten-year experience of Universal Antenatal HIV Testing Programme in a low HIV prevalence setting in Hong Kong.
Lin AW, Wong KH, Chan K, Chan WK.

AIDS Care
. 2014 Feb;26(2):169-75.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Effectiveness of a prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission program in Guangdong province from 2007 to 2010.
Li B, Zhao Q, Zhang X, et al
BMC Public Health
. 2013 Jun 18;13(1):591.
Paper

Pregnant women's awareness and knowledge of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in
South Central China.
Luo Y, He GP.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
. 2008 Jun 19:1-6.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
HIV/AIDS prevalence and behaviour in drug users and pregnant women in Kashgar Prefecture: Case Report.
Ni M, Wheeler KM, Cheng J, Dong Y, et al 
Harm Reduct J. 2006 Feb 13;3(1):7
Paper

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Scaling up of Option B for PMTCT in Yunnan, China
K. Meyers, H. Qian, C. Qingling, et al
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

HIV/AIDS epidemic situation in pregnant women and prevention of mother to child
transmission in Shenzhen

TJ Feng, L Chen, D Zhang, et al

(15IAC)
Abstract 

 

   
  Strategy and executing effective analysis of HIV/syphilis prevention mother to infant
in municipal-level in Shenzhen

TJ Feng, L Chen, MX Lu, et al
(15IAC)
Abstract 
   

India
     

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

 
Vitamin D deficiency and risk of postpartum tuberculosis among HIV-infected breastfeeding mothers in India.
Mave V, Chandanwale A, Bhosale R, et al
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Mar;19(3):302-304.
Abstract

HIV risk perception among pregnant women in western India: Need for reducing vulnerabilities rather than improving knowledge!
Darak S, Gadgil M, Balestre E, et al
AIDS Care
. 2014 Jun;26(6):709-15.

Abstract

Effect of Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment (HAART) During Pregnancy on Pregnancy Outcomes: Experiences from a PMTCT Program in Western India.
Darak S, Darak T, Kulkarni S,  et al
AIDS Patient Care
STDS
. 2013 Mar;27(3):163-70
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission of HIV (PPTCT): An Effort of 4 Years in a Tertiary Centre.
Goswami S, Chakravorty PS.
J Obstet Gynaecol India
. 2011 Aug;61(4):394-8.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Effect of Formula Feeding and Breastfeeding on Child Growth, Infant Mortality, and HIV Transmission in Children Born to HIV-Infected Pregnant Women Who Received Triple Antiretroviral Therapy in a Resource-Limited Setting: Data from an HIV Cohort Study in India.
Alvarez-Uria G, Midde M, Pakam R,  et al
ISRN Pediatr
. 2012;2012:763591.
Paper

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Systematic review of public health research on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in India
with focus on provision and utilization of cascade of PMTCT services.

Darak S, Panditrao M, Parchure R,  et al
BMC Public Health
. 2012 May 2;12(1):320.
Paper

Predictors of HIV positivity among pregnant women presenting for obstetric care in South India - a case-control study.
Solomon E, Visnegarwala F, Philip P, Alexander G.
AIDS Care. 2011 Jul 7.
Abstract

Prevention of parent to child transmission services and interventions - coverage and utilization:
A cohort analysis in Gujarat, India.
Joshi U, Kadri A, Bhojiya S.
Indian J Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Jul;31(2):92-8.
Abstract

Impact of maternal human immunodeficiency virus infection on pregnancy and birth outcomes in Pune, India.
Patil S, Bhosale R, Sambarey P, et al
AIDS Care
. 2011 Jun 28
Abstract

Declining HIV prevalence among women attending antenatal care in Pune, India.
Kulkarni V, Joshi S, Gupte N,  et al
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
. 2011 Jun;105(6):315-9.
Abstract

Socio-demographic factors associated with loss to follow-up of HIV-infected women attending a private sector
PMTCT program in Maharashtra, India.
Panditrao M, Darak S, Kulkarni V, et al
AIDS Care
. 2011 Feb 2:1-8
Abstract

A Review of Missed Opportunities for Prenatal HIV Screening in a Nationwide Sample of Health Facilities in the
Indian Health Service.
Reilley B, Redd JT, Cheek J, Giberson S.
J Community Health
. 2011 Jan 8
Abstract

Stigma as experienced by women accessing prevention of parent-to-child transmission
of HIV services in Karnataka, India.
Rahangdale L, Banandur P, Sreenivas A, et al
AIDS Care
. 2010 Jul;22(7):836-42.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Couple-oriented prenatal HIV counseling for HIV primary prevention:
an acceptability study.
Orne-Gliemann J, Tchendjou PT, Miric M, et al 
BMC Public Health
. 2010 Apr 19;10(1):197.
Paper

An unusual seroconversion profile in a pregnant woman infected with the human immunodeficiency virus-1:
Need for using later generations HIV screening assays.

Kannangai R, Kandathil AJ, Daniel HD, et al  
Indian J Med Microbiol.
2008 Oct-Dec;26(4):390-2.
Abstract
 

HIV and obstetric complications and fetal outcomes in Vellore, India.
Lionel J, Aleyamma TK, Varghese L, 
Trop Doct.
2008 Jul;38(3):144-6.
Abstract
 
Repeated pregnancy among women with known HIV status in Pune, India.
Suryavanshi N, Erande A, Pisal H, et al
AIDS
Care. 2008 Jun 17:1-8
Abstract
 
Low utilization of HIV testing during pregnancy: What are the barriers to HIV testing for women
in rural India?

Sinha G, Dyalchand A, Khale M, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 Feb 1;47(2):248-52.
Abstract
 
Outputs, cost and efficiency of public sector centres for prevention of mother to child
transmission of HIVin Andhra Pradesh, India.
Dandona L, Kumar SG, Ramesh YK, et al
B|MC Health Serv Res. 2008 Jan 31;8(1):26 [
Abstract
 
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Seroprevalence of HIV in pregnant women in North India: a tertiary care hospital based study.
Gupta S, Gupta R, Singh S.
BMC Infect Dis. 2007 Nov 15;7(1):133
Paper
 
HIV infection in women utilizing a major hospital in Andhra Pradesh, India, 1993-2004.
Sudha T, Teja VD, Lakshmi V

Int J Infect Dis. 2006 May 3;
Abstract
 
Seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in pregnancy in a tertiary
care hospital.
Ukey PM, Akulwar SL, Powar RM  
Indian J Med Sci.
2005 Sep;59(9):382-7
Abstract

Infant Feeding Practices of HIV-Positive Mothers in India.
Suryavanshi N, Jonnalagadda S, Erande AS, et al.
Nutr 2003 May;133(5):1326-1331
Abstract
 

 
      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
POSTER
No-cost tracking system for follow-up of HIV-positive pregnant women and their babies till 18 months in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, India. A pilot by Maharashtra State AIDS Control Society (MSACS)
A.S. Hegde, T.M. Rane|
(6th IAS Conference)
Poster    
 Abstract

POSTER
Caste presents a huge barrier to delivery of HIV/PMTCT services in rural India
B. Niranjan Kumar, P. Adamson, K. Krupp, et al
(6th IAS Conference)
Poster     Abstract

POSTER
Integrating antenatal care and PMTCT services increases HIV testing uptake in hard-to-reach rural communities of India
B. Niranjankumar, K. Krupp, S. Gowda, et al
(6th IAS Conference)
Poster     Abstract

Transmission of cell free HIV-1 RNA through breast feeding: a pilot study in Chennai, India
R Radhakrishnan, SM Jacob, S  Daniel, et al
(8th Int Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection)
Abstract 

Hemoglobin among HIV-1-infected pregnant women in rural India according to antiretroviral
prophylaxis regimens

S Dharmarajan, NM Samuel, P Srijayanth, et al
(8th Int Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection)
Abstract 

 
Infant feeding practices and its effect on infants born to HIV seropositive
women -Tamil Nadu, India

R Radhakrishnan, S Minijacob, S Parameswari, et al
(15IAC)
Abstract 
 
 
  Implementation of HIV mother-to-child transmission prevention program in a Primary
Health Center in India

SM Jacob, S Parameshwari, NM Samuel, et al

(15IAC)
Abstract 
 
 
  Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV through safe motherhood -
A community approach

R Negi, S Kaul, S Mehra, et al
(15IAC)
Abstract 
 
 
  Evaluating the operational effectiveness of a stand alone VCT vis a vis a VCT integrated
as part of antenatal care

RS Virk, M Datta Ghosh, PL Joshi
(15IAC)
Abstract 
 
Integrating comprehensive antenatal care: the only way to upscale PMTCT
programms

S Kulkarni, V Kulkarni, S Darak, R Pant

(15IAC)
Abstract 
 
Pre-test counselling or information giving session in MTCT
R Ramachandran

(15IAC)
Abstract 
 
HIV-1 subtype in relation with perinatal transmission among seropositive pregnant
women in Tamilnadu - South India

B J Srihari, S M Jacob, A Sundaravalli, et al

(15IAC)
Abstract 
 
A study of psychological impact of HIV disease on pregnant mother conducted in
VIMS combined group of hospitals, bellary,karnataka,INDIA

Madhurajan

(15IAC)
Abstract 
 
Hematological profile of HIV positive pregnant women in India
M M Khandekar, S D Deshmukh, A V Bhore,  et al

(15IAC)
Abstract 
 
Towards defining a low cost methodology for prevention of mother to child transmission
(HIV infection)

D N Bawachkar

(15IAC)
Abstract 
 

Japan
     

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Clinicoepidemiologic Status of Mother-to-Child Infections: A Nationwide Survey in Japan.
Torii Y, Kimura H, Ito Y, et al
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Feb 20
Abstract

Paediatric HIV and elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the ASEAN region: a call to action.
Ishikawa N, Ishigaki K, Ghidinelli MN,
et al
AIDS Care
. 2011 Jan 24:1-4
Abstract

HIV infected pregnant women in Japan and prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Wada Y, Hasuo Y, Kita T,  et al.
Nippon Rinsho
. 2010 Mar;68(3):450-5
Abstract

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  National cooperative study on HIV transmission from mother to child in Japan.
H Taniguchi, T Kita, Y Tsukahara, et al

(15IAC)
Abstract
 
Clinical evaluation of maternal HIV testing rate for prevention of MTCT of HIV-1 in Japan
K Hayashi, T Kita, Y Tsukahar, et al
(15IAC)
Abstract

Kazakhstan
     

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
HIV/AIDS awareness and risk behaviour among pregnant women in Semey, Kazakhstan,2007.
Sandgren E, Sandgren S, Urazalin M, Andersson R. 
BMC Public Healt
h. 2008 Aug 22;8(1):295.
Paper
 
       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Comprehensive prevention of mother-to-child transmission in resource-limited settings in
Kazakhstan: strengths and weaknesses.

N Nizova, J Smith, Z Nugmanova
(15IAC)
Abstract

Malaysia
     

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Maternal Weight Loss during Exclusive Breastfeeding Is Associated with Reduced Weight and Length Gain in Daughters of HIV-Infected Malawian Women.
Widen EM, Bentley ME, Kayira D,  et alJ
 Nutr
. 2013 May 22.

 

       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  PMTCT Programme Implementation in Malaysia: a 5 Year Experience
J Ahamad|
(15IAC)
Abstract   

Vietnam
     

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The costs and benefits of Option B+ for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
Gopalappa C, Stover J, Shaffer N, Mahy M.

AIDS
. 2014 Jan;28 Suppl 1:S5-S14
Abstract

HIV-1 mother-to-child transmission, post-test counselling, and antiretroviral prophylaxis in Northern Viet Nam: A prospective observational study.
Ha TT, Anh NM, Bao NH,  et al
Scand J Infect Dis
. 2012 Jul 17

Abstract

A FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Number and timing of antenatal HIV testing: Evidence from a community-based study in Northern Vietnam.
Hanh NT, Gammeltoft TM, Rasch V.
BMC Public Health
. 2011 Mar 25;11(1):183
Paper

Prevalence and barriers to HIV testing among mothers at a tertiary care hospital in Phnom Penh,
Cambodia.
Sasaki Y, Ali M, Sathiarany V, Kanal K, Kakimoto K.
BMC Public Health
. 2010 Aug 18;10(1):494
Abstract

Health workers' views on quality of prevention of mother-to-child transmission and postnatal care for
HIV-infected women and their children.
Nguyen TA, Oosterhoff P, Pham Ngoc Y, et al 
Hum Resour Health
. 2009 May 13;7(1):39.
Abstract

Community, Family, and Partner-Related Stigma Experienced by Pregnant and Postpartum Women with HIV
in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Brickley DB, Le Dung Hanh D, et al  
AIDS Behav
. 2008 Dec 16.
Abstract
 

       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
POSTER
Elimination of mother to child HIV transmission in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam: it is achievable
V.T.T. Nguyen, K.A. Le Ai, K. Sabin, et al
(7th IAS Conference)
Poster    
Abstract

HIV counseling and testing during antenatal care in Vietnam: Who received it and who
didn't?
M Do, H Fu, LD Vu
(135 APHA)
Abstract 
 

Drug resistance in HIV-1 infected pregnant women enrolled in the national PMTCT
program in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam
Truong TXL, Thanh TC, Ton T , et al
(4th IAS Conference)
Abstract

Factors associated with reluctance to accept HIV testing in pregnant women in Vietnam
T H Dinh, M L Kamb, R Detels, M A Nguyen

(15IAC)
Abstract   


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