HIV-exposed infant follow-up in Mozambique: formative research findings for the design of a cluster randomized controlled trial to improve testing and ART initiation

• Main Authors: Lúcia Vieira (Author), Arlete Miloque Mahumane (Author), Manuel Napua (Author), Falume Chale (Author), João Luís Manuel (Author), Jessica Greenberg Cowan (Author), Kenneth Sherr (Author), Rachel R. Chapman (Author), James T. Pfeiffer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV-exposed and initiation of HIV-positive infants on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) requires a well-coordinated cascade of care. Loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) can occur at multiple steps and effective EID is impeded by human resource constraints, diffic...