Clinics in Mother and Child Health

Mother and Child Department, University of Parakou and Borgou/Alibori Regional University Hospital, BP 02 Parakou, Benin

Biography

Dr. Gérard M. Kpanidja is a researcher in Department of Mother and Child, Faculty of Health Sciences, University Teaching Hospital of Parakou, Parakou, Benin. He has numerous publications and Clinical Research in areas of Neonatology, Child Health, and Paediatrics.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Profile of Children Born to HIV-Positive Mothers Followed-up in the Borgou/Alibori Regional University Teaching Hospital from 2005 to 2015
  Author(s): Agossou J*, Noudamadjo A, Adédémy JD, Agbeille Mohamed F, Kpanidja MG, Doha F, Sagbo GG, Lalya HF, Ahodégnon R and Adéothy-Koumakpaï S
  
  Introduction: Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV is the best strategy for fighting pediatric HIV in developing countries. This study’s main objective was to describe the outcome of children born to HIV positive mothers, attended and followed up through the PMTCT program in the Borgou/Alibori Regional University Teaching Hospital (CHUD-Borgou/Alibori) from 2005 to 2015. Secondly, it aimed to identify factors associated with mother-to-child transmission of HIV at 18 months of age. Patients and Methods: This research work is a cross-sectional, retrospective, descriptive and analytical study of a cohort of children born to HIV-infected mothers and followed up in the pediatric ward of the Borgou/Alibori Regional University Teaching Hospital. It was conducted from May to December 2016 on the basis of da.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2090-7214.19.16.335

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