Project: Tracing non-retained HIV positive pregnant women and their babies

Acronym	LOCATOR (Reference Number: TMA 2015 CDF - 1036)
Duration	01/07/2017 - 30/06/2020
Project Topic	The study aims to trace HIV positive pregnant women who were previously started on antiretroviral therapy through the option B+ strategy and later dropped out of care. The main aim of the study is to ascertain the HIV status of babies born to these women and compare this to those born to womn who were retained in care. The study will later ascertain the proportion of women who are later reconnected to care. Furthermore, the study aims to use the estimates of vertical transmission in the retained and non-retained women to produce estimates of vertical transmission with option B+, while adjusting for lost to follow up among these women. This information is critical to the successful roll out of optionB+ in sub_sahaan Africa where the greatest burden of HIV exists, and where more than 70% of persons presenting to care are women. The alarmingly highly obsevrved dropout rates among HIV positive pregnant women may alter the success of option B+ and hunder the successul elimination of mother to child transmission.
Network	EDCTP2
Call	Training and Mobility Awards: Career Development Fellowships

Number	Name	Role	Country
1	Infectious Diseases Institute Limited	Coordinator	Uganda