Increasing retention of HIV positive pregnant and breastfeeding mothers on option-b plus by upgrading and providing full time HIV services at a lower health facility in rural Uganda

• Main Authors: Enosk Mirembe Masereka (Author), Tom Denis Ngabirano (Author), Charles Peter Osingada (Author), Christine Sekaggya Wiltshire (Author), Barbara Castelnuovo (Author), Agnes N. Kiragga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite advancement in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services, the rate of MTCT of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is still high. This is partly due to low retention of HIV positive mothers in HIV care. We sought to determine the level of retention and the factors...