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| First author | Design | Study population | Country | Method | Results |
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| Manzi, 2005 [20] | Cohort study | 646 HIV-positive pregnant women | Malawi | Review of routine antenatal, VCT and PMTCT registers | The cumulative LTFU was 358 (55%, CI: 51–59) by the 36-week antenatal visit, 440 (68%, CI: 64–71) by delivery, 450 (70%, CI: 66–73) by the first postnatal visit, and 524 (81%, CI: 78–84) by the 6-month postnatal visit |
| Mirkuzie, 2010 [31] | Descriptive retrospective study | 135,986 HIV-positive women. | Ethiopia | Review of PMTCT monthly reports | 10.6% (896) (95% CI 9.9–11.2) of the HIV-positive women completed their followup to child HIV testing |
| Stringer, 2005 [28] | Surveillance study |
8787 mother-infant pairs | Zambia |
Mother-infant pairs surveillance | 675 of 2257 (30%) seropositive mother-infant pairs received both maternal and infant dose of NVP |
| Sherman, 2004 [5] | Descriptive retrospective study |
1234 HIV-positive mothers and their exposed infants | South Africa | Assessment of the efficacy (PMTCT) program | 70% LTFU by 4 months postnatally |
| Perez, 2004 [11] | Cross-sectional study | 2298 pregnant women | Zimbabwe | Monitoring of PMTCT Program uptake |
104 (24%) mother-child pairs received nevirapine prophylaxis |
| Kasenga, 2007 [21] | Descriptive retrospective study | 75 HIV-positive women | Malawi | Followup of HIV-positive women registered in PMTCT program | 35 (47%) LTFU by delivery |
| Nyandiko, 2010 [33] | Retrospective cohort study | 2477 HIV-exposed infants | Kenya | Comparing MTCT and infant survival rates | 329 (27.4%) LTFU by 18 months of age |
| Kurewa, 2007 [26] | Nested case control | 594 HIV-negative and 456 HIV positive mothers | Zimbabwe | Comparison between HIV-negative and HIV-positive mothers. | At 9 months the overall dropout rate was 19% |
| Chetty, 2011 [24] | Retrospective cohort | 268 HIV-exposed infants | South Africa | Postnatal followup of data abstracted from patients records | 105/260 (40.4%) infants lost to followup |
| Mirkuzie, 2011 [32] | Retrospective cohort study | 282 HIV-positive mothers | Ethiopia | Followup of mother-infant pairs | 115 (48%) mother-infant pairs LTFU by 6 weeks postnatally |
| Doherty, 2005 [25] | Cross-sectional study. | 14340 HIV-positive women and their HIV-exposed children | South Africa | Monthly data collection on PMTCT outcomes | 50% mother-child pairs LTFU by 12 months postnatally |
| Msellati, 2001 [29] | Routine PMTCT data collection and analysis | 445 positive pregnant women | Ivory Coast | Routine collection of PMTCT data | 177/445 (40%) of HIV-positive women lost to followup by the end of 6 months |
| van Lettow, 2011 [22] | Matched cohort study | 173 HIV-infected and 214 HIV-uninfected mother-child pairs | Malawi | Followup of mother-infant pairs | 28% of exposed infants were followed and tested at least once by 18–20 months of age, and only 18% of mothers followed all current PMTCT recommendations |
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Rosen, 2011 [18] | Cross-sectional study | 113 HIV-positive pregnant women | Ethiopia | Interview and focus group discussion | 71 (95.9%) of HIV-infected women were lost to followup by delivery |
| Kurewa, 2011 [27] | Cohort study | 479 HIV-exposed infants | Zimbabwe | Followup of HIV-exposed infants | 247 (51.6%) exposed infants turned up in the first year |
| Moth, 2005 [34] | A cross-sectional exploratory study | 133 clients registered for PMTCT services | Kenya | Review of logbooks, exit interviews, indepth interviews, nonparticipant observations, and testimonies on experiences | LTFU was 11% before pretest counseling, 23.5% during HIV test, 31.5% during collection of HIV result, 53.6% during enrollment, and 80.7% at delivery |
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Mute, 2011 [30] | Cross-sectional survey | of 230 HIV-positive pregnant | Mali | Questionnaire and semistructure interviews | LTFU was 53% (122) of HIV-positive women |
| Moses, 2008 [23] | Retrospective study | 20,000 HIV-positive pregnant women | Malawi | followup of mother and infant pair | 35% of the infected mothers returned with their babies at 6-week postnatal followup. |
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