Publications by authors named "Ntombizodumo B Mkwanazi"
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- The World Health Organization recommends that parents disclose their HIV status to children aged 6-12, leading to the implementation of the Amagugu intervention, which provides training and support for mothers to facilitate this process.
- A study involving 20 HIV-infected mothers revealed that concerns about children's understanding and stigma were primary reasons for non-disclosure before joining the program.
- While mothers expressed satisfaction with the intervention and reported positive responses from their children post-disclosure, they still sought further support for discussing sex-related topics and acknowledged gaps in their skills for talking to their kids about HIV.
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- * Many children of HIV-positive parents face challenges during middle childhood and adolescence, including stigma and lack of health education, leading to potential psychological and social issues in the absence of parent-led discussions about health.
- * The Amagugu intervention, a home-based program delivered by lay counselors, has proven effective in supporting parents to disclose their HIV status and educate their children, resulting in increased disclosure rates, better mental health outcomes, and improved healthcare engagement and planning for affected children.
Prevention of mother-to-child Transmission and HIV Treatment programmes were scaled-up in resource-constrained settings over a decade ago, but there is still much to be understood about women's experiences of living with HIV and their HIV disclosure patterns. This qualitative study explored women's experiences of living with HIV, 6-10 years after being diagnosed during pregnancy. The area has high HIV prevalence, and an established HIV treatment programme.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Rapid testing of pregnant women aims to increase uptake of HIV testing and results and thus optimize care. We report on the acceptability of HIV counselling and testing, and uptake of results, before and after the introduction of rapid testing in this area.
Methods And Principal Findings: HIV counsellors offered counselling and testing to women attending 8 antenatal clinics, prior to enrolment into a study examining infant feeding and postnatal HIV transmission.
Aim: Early and rapid cessation of breastfeeding has been recommended by WHO to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV. This study assessed how HIV-infected mothers planned and experienced breastfeeding cessation as part of an HIV prevention strategy and how counsellors facilitated this process.
Methods: A qualitative study was conducted among HIV-infected mothers and counsellors from local clinics and an intervention research project in Durban, South Africa.