Publications by authors named "Felicia Molokoane"
Article Synopsis
- The study analyzed risk factors and outcomes for pregnant women infected with SARS-CoV-2 in South African hospitals from April to November 2020, using data from 36 hospitals and 673 women.
- Of the women studied, 32.2% were admitted due to COVID-19, with a high maternal mortality rate of 6.3%, particularly among those hospitalized for COVID-19 illness.
- Tuberculosis was the only co-morbidity linked to higher admission rates for COVID-19, while neonatal outcomes showed no significant difference between those admitted for COVID-19 and other reasons.
Background: As mother-to-child transmission of HIV decreases, and the population of infants who are born HIV-exposed, but uninfected (HEU) continues to rise, there is a growing need to understand the development and health outcomes of infants who are HEU to ensure that they have the healthiest start to life.
Methods: In a prospective cohort pilot study at Kalafong Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa, we aimed to determine if we could recruit new mothers living with HIV on antiretrovirals (ART; n = 20) and not on ART (n = 20) and new mothers without HIV (n = 20) through our clinics to study the effects of HEU on growth and immune- and neurodevelopment in infants in early life, and test the hypothesis that infants who were HEU would have poorer health outcomes compared to infants who were HIV-unexposed, uninfected (HUU). We also undertook exploratory analyses to investigate relationships between the early nutritional environment, food insecurity and infant development.