Challenges in the implementation of mother-to-child HIV/AIDS prevention programs in Indonesia

Iin Khoiriyah Ulfah; Renaldy Raditya Indrawan; Novi Anggraeni; Afif Nurul Hidayati; Nasronudin; Siti Qamariyah Khairunisa

doi:10.18683/germs.2023.1379

Challenges in the implementation of mother-to-child HIV/AIDS prevention programs in Indonesia

Germs. 2023 Jun 30;13(2):158-167. doi: 10.18683/germs.2023.1379. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Authors

Iin Khoiriyah Ulfah¹, Renaldy Raditya Indrawan², Novi Anggraeni³, Afif Nurul Hidayati⁴, Nasronudin⁵, Siti Qamariyah Khairunisa⁶

Affiliations

¹ BPH, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia.
² BSc, Institute of Tropical Disease, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia, and Research Center on Global Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, 60115, Indonesia.
³ BSc, MSc, Doctoral Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60286, Indonesia; Stikes Ngudia Husada, Madura 69116, Indonesia.
⁴ MD, PhD, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60286, Indonesia, and Institute of Tropical Disease, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia.
⁵ MD, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60286, Indonesia, and Institute of Tropical Disease, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia.
⁶ BSc, MSc, Doctoral Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60286, Indonesia, and Institute of Tropical Disease, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia, and Research Center on Global Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, 60115, Indonesia.

Abstract

Introduction: The HIV/AIDS prevention program among pregnant mothers aims to reduce the risk of HIV transmission from mother to baby. It also aims to reduce stigma and discrimination, as well as deaths due to HIV/AIDS. This paper aimed to find out obstacles that occur in the implementation of HIV/AIDS transmission program in Indonesia.

Methods: Online literature search was done on Google Scholar, Science Direct and PubMed databases with the keywords related to "HIV/AIDS" and transmission prevention program among mothers to children. The search resulted in a total of 343 articles.

Results: After the abstracts were reviewed, there were only 16 articles selected.

Conclusions: The implementation of the program in Indonesia has been run but is not yet optimal because of several obstacles i.e., the insufficient number of health workers and poor knowledge of health workers. Figuring out solutions to the obstacles could ease the program implementation to reduce the cases of HIV/AIDS. Obstacles were found in the implementation of the HIV/AIDS prevention program among mothers and children in Indonesia.

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; HIV/AIDS prevention program; Indonesia; mother to children transmission.

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Publication types

Review