Frontiers in Pediatrics | www.frontiersin.org
1 April 2019 | Volume 7 | Article 159
Unofficial Translation
Approved by the Federal Government on October 20, 2016
PQDx 0159-055-00
WHO PQ Public Report
February/2017, version 5.0
Over 2 million children worldwide are living with HIV infection and 95% reside in sub-Saharan Africa with the majority infected through mother-to-child transmission. Infected children have a high mortality with 50% dying by 2 years of age. Their clinical presentation includes common childhood infect...ions, opportunistic infections and conditions associated with HIV/AIDS immune suppression.
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PQDx 0198-071-00
WHO PQDx PR
April/2016, version 2.0
Stories of putting people at the centre
Accessed: 20.11.2019
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a universal antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all HIVinfected children before the age of two since 2010, but this implies an early identification of these infants. We described the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission (PMTCT) cascade, the ...staffing and the quality of infrastructures in pediatric HIV care facilities, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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