Linkage to care, mobility and retention of HIV-positive postpartum women in antiretroviral therapy services in South Africa.

Phillips TK, Clouse K, Zerbe A, Orrell C, Abrams EJ, Myer L. Linkage to care, mobility and retention of HIV-positive postpartum women in antiretroviral therapy services in South Africa. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2018 Jul;21 Suppl 4(21 Suppl 4). e25114. PMID: 30027583 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC6053482

Linkage to care and mobility postpartum present challenges to long-term retention after initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in pregnancy, but there are few insights from sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to describe postpartum linkage to care, mobility, retention and viral suppression after ART initiation in pregnancy.