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Option B Plus

Option B Plus is a public health intervention strategy within maternal and child health that distinguishes itself by recommending lifelong antiretroviral therapy for all HIV-positive pregnant and breastfeeding women, regardless of CD4 count or clinical stage, to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

159

Publications

6.3K

Citations

908

Authors

290

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

95

Parents

Publications

159

Retention in care under universal antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women (‘Option B+’) in Malawi

Lyson Tenthani, Andreas D. Haas, Hannock Tweya et al. · AIDS · 2014 · 375 citations · Full text

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Recruiting male partners for couple HIV testing and counselling in Malawi's option B+ programme: an unblinded randomised controlled trial

Nora E. Rosenberg, Tiwonge Mtande, Friday Saidi et al. · The Lancet HIV · 2015 · 180 citations · Full text

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Retention in care during the first 3 years of antiretroviral therapy for women in Malawi's option B+ programme: an observational cohort study

Andreas D. Haas, Lyson Tenthani, Malango Msukwa et al. · The Lancet HIV · 2016 · 178 citations · Full text

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Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy During and After Pregnancy: Cohort Study on Women Receiving Care in Malawi's Option B+ Program

Andreas D. Haas, Malango Msukwa, Matthias Egger et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 166 citations · Full text

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“What They Wanted Was to Give Birth; Nothing Else”

Kate Clouse, Sheree Schwartz, Annelies Van Rie et al. · JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes · 2014 · 160 citations · Full text

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Authors

908

  1. MC
    Mina C. Hosseinipour

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    18 publications · 775 citations

    17

    h-index

  2. FC
    Frank Chimbwandira

    Ministry of Health, Malawi

    14 publications · 1.3K citations

    14

    h-index

  3. HT
    Hannock Tweya

    Lighthouse Trust, Malawi

    12 publications · 976 citations

    12

    h-index

  4. JJ
    Joep J. van Oosterhout

    University of Malawi, Malawi

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

    11

    h-index

  5. MV
    Monique van Lettow

    Dignitas International, Malawi

    11 publications · 583 citations

    11

    h-index

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Institutions

290

  1. Ministry of Health

    Lilongwe, Malawi

    21 h-index

    47 publications

    4K citations

  2. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    18 h-index

    106 publications

    5.5K citations

  3. University of Malawi

    Zomba, Malawi

    17 h-index

    47 publications

    2.1K citations

  4. Dignitas International

    Zomba, Malawi

    15 h-index

    62 publications

    3.6K citations

  5. Lighthouse Trust

    Lilongwe, Malawi

    14 h-index

    36 publications

    3K citations

  6. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    17 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    14 h-index

    49 publications

    2.3K citations

  8. Makerere University

    Kampala, Uganda

    13 h-index

    63 publications

    1.8K citations

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Venues

  1. PLoS ONE

    30 publications · 989 citations

    19

    h-index

  2. 18

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  3. BMC Public Health

    12 publications · 341 citations

    12

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  4. Journal of the International AIDS Society

    JIAS · 11 publications · 569 citations

    11

    h-index

  5. AIDS

    7 publications · 536 citations

    7

    h-index

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