Predictors of Mortality Among HIV-exposed Infants Through 18 Months of Age in Kenya: A Retrospective Review of Programmatic Data

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Feb;39(2):134-136. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002511.

Abstract

We identified mortality predictors among HIV-exposed uninfected infants and infants living with HIV in Kenyan early infant diagnosis services between 2012 and 2017. Younger maternal age and absence of antenatal antiretroviral therapy among HIV-exposed uninfected infants (n = 2366) and travel time to hospital and delayed infant testing among infants living with HIV (n = 130) predicted mortality, highlighting the importance of supporting engagement in maternal/pediatric HIV services.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Retroviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology
  • HIV Infections / mortality*
  • HIV Infections / transmission
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant Mortality*
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
  • Kenya / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Odds Ratio
  • Pregnancy
  • Public Health Surveillance
  • Retrospective Studies

Substances

  • Anti-Retroviral Agents