A Landscape Analysis of Prevention of Vertical Transmission Program Data and Interventions From Fiscal Years 2019-2021.

Introduction: In 2020, an estimated 150,000 infants acquired HIV infection through vertical transmission. With pregnant and breastfeeding women facing numerous social and health system barriers, continuity of care for mother-infant pairs (MIPs) requires prioritized engagement for timely infant HIV testing and linkage to treatment.

Methods: PEPFAR Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting indicators were analyzed from across 14 USAID-supported countries across 3 fiscal years (FYs) (October 2018-September 2021): number of HIV-exposed infants (HEIs) with a sample collected for an HIV test by age 2 months, percentage of HEI who received an HIV test by age 2 months (EID 2 mo coverage), and final outcome status of HEIs.

Providers PrEP: Identifying Primary Health care Providers' Biases as Barriers to Provision of Equitable PrEP Services.

Background: Despite their disparately high HIV incidence and voiced willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), Black cisgender women's knowledge and uptake of PrEP are low, especially relative to White cisgender women and men who have sex with men. Mounting evidence demonstrates that health care provider recommendations are a critical factor in women's awareness, willingness, and ability to uptake PrEP. Health care providers may make clinical judgments about who is (not) a good candidate for PrEP based on unconscious and conscious stereotypes and prejudice.

Medical care in a tropical national reference and teaching hospital: outline study of cost-effectivenees.

During a 28-day prospective audit the cost-effectiveness of treatment in three types of medical wards in a large tropical teaching hospital was assessed. Patients with chronic diseases such as rheumatic heart disease were more expensive to treat than those with acute, curable illnesses such as malaria. It was concluded that the cost of providing treatment could not be reduced without affecting standards of medical care.