Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and viral hepatitis B: A call for renewed global focus

Ali Elgalib; Richard Lau; Zeyana Al-Habsi; Samir Shah; Bader Al-Rawahi; Ziad A Memish; Shui Shan Lee; Seif Al-Abri

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2022.11.031

Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and viral hepatitis B: A call for renewed global focus

Int J Infect Dis. 2023 Feb:127:33-35. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.11.031. Epub 2022 Nov 26.

Authors

Ali Elgalib¹, Richard Lau², Zeyana Al-Habsi³, Samir Shah⁴, Bader Al-Rawahi⁵, Ziad A Memish⁶, Shui Shan Lee⁷, Seif Al-Abri⁸

Affiliations

¹ Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman. Electronic address: alielgalib@yahoo.co.uk.
² Burrell St Clinic, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: richard9m2bx@hotmail.com.
³ Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman. Electronic address: nada000_000@hotmail.com.
⁴ Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman. Electronic address: drsamir.shah@gmail.com.
⁵ Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman. Electronic address: baderoman@hotmail.com.
⁶ Research and Innovation Centre, King Saud Medical City, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia; College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: zmemish@yahoo.com.
⁷ College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; International Society for Infectious Diseases. Electronic address: sslee@cuhk.edu.hk.
⁸ Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman; International Society for Infectious Diseases. Electronic address: salabri@gmail.com.

PMID: 36574535
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.11.031

No abstract available

Keywords: EMTCT; HIV; hepatitis B; syphilis; validation.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Female
HIV Infections* / epidemiology
HIV Infections* / prevention & control
Hepatitis B* / epidemiology
Hepatitis B* / prevention & control
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / epidemiology
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / prevention & control
Syphilis* / epidemiology
Syphilis* / prevention & control