Retrospective analysis of risk factors and gaps in prevention strategies for mother-to-child HIV transmission in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Main Authors: Kathryn Lynn Lovero (Author), Thais Raquelly Dourado de Oliveira (Author), Estela Magalhães Cosme (Author), Natália Beatriz Cabrera (Author), Mariana Fernandes Guimarães (Author), Juliana Gregório de Avelar (Author), Giovanna Rodrigues Teixeira de Oliveira (Author), Camila de Morais Salviato (Author), Guillermo Douglass-Jaimes (Author), Maria Leticia Santos Cruz (Author), Esaú Custódio João (Author), Ana Cláudia Mamede Wiering de Barros (Author), Marcos Vinicius da Silva Pone (Author), Ivete Martins Gomes (Author), Lee Woodland Riley (Author), Claudete Aparecida Araújo Cardoso (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite great progress made in methods to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT), delivery and uptake of these measures remains a challenge in many countries. Although the Brazilian Ministry of Health aimed to eliminate MTCT by 2015, infection still occured in 15-24%...