Improving men's participation in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV as a maternal, neonatal, and child health priority in South Africa

Wessel van den Berg; Kirsty Brittain; Gareth Mercer; Dean Peacock; Kathryn Stinson; Hanna Janson; Vuyiseka Dubula

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001811

Improving men's participation in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV as a maternal, neonatal, and child health priority in South Africa

PLoS Med. 2015 Apr 7;12(4):e1001811. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001811. eCollection 2015 Apr.

Authors

Wessel van den Berg¹, Kirsty Brittain², Gareth Mercer³, Dean Peacock¹, Kathryn Stinson⁴, Hanna Janson¹, Vuyiseka Dubula¹

Affiliations

¹ Sonke Gender Justice, Cape Town, South Africa.
² School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Vaccine Evaluation Centre, Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
⁴ School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Médecins Sans Frontières, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa.

Abstract

Wessel van den Berg and colleagues outline how increasing male partner involvement in efforts to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa may improve maternal and infant outcomes.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
Child Health*
Female
HIV Infections / prevention & control
HIV Infections / transmission*
Health Priorities
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control*
Interpersonal Relations*
Male
Maternal Health*
Men*
Mothers
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Partners*
South Africa