High prevalence of late presentation of ART-naïve perinatally infected children for care in Pune, India.

Delayed presentation to care of perinatally infected children in India continues to be a hindrance to achieving the "end pediatric HIV by 2020" goal. In this study, we characterize this issue by describing the prevalence, risk factors and temporal trends of delayed presentation to care of perinatally infected, antiretroviral therapy (ART) - naïve children using programmatic data from a tertiary care center in western India. Delayed presentation was defined as children presenting in moderate or severe WHO immunodeficiency categories.