IeDEA Abstracts to be presented at the 4th International Workshop on HIV Pediatrics

Southern Africa

• Prognostic model of mortality for children commencing antiretroviral therapy in Southern Africa: The IeDEA Southern Africa Pediatric Collaboration. (Davies)
• Substitutions to initial antiretroviral therapy in children in South Africa – The International epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS – Southern Africa (IeDEA-SA) Collaboration. (Kampiire)

West Africa

• Virological failure in HIV-infected children and exposure to prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (pWADA). (Ndondoki)
• 24-month immune recovery according to age and CD4 percent at initiation of antiretroviral therapy in the IeDEA paediatric West African Cohort (pWADA). (Desmonde)

Central Africa

• Structured monitoring and evaluation activities can improve patient care: encouraging results in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. (Feinstein)
• Extended prophylaxis with nevirapine for HIV-exposed infants: early outcomes in field conditions. (Feinstein)
• Should PMTCT programs take into account socioeconomic indicators related to antenatal care seeking behavior? (Feinstein)
• HIV+ clinic volunteers to improve uptake of comprehensive services by HIV+ pregnant women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: a randomized study. (Edmonds)
• PMTCT decentralization does not assure optimal service delivery: revelations from successful individual-level tracking of HIV-infected mothers and their infants. (Edmonds)
• Clinical and immunological characteristics of children receiving HIV care over time in IeDEA-Central Africa clinics in Burundi, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo.  (Martin Nduwimana)
• HIV infection among older children and adolescents in the IeDEA Central African region. (Mavedzenge)
• Disclosure status of HIV-positive children receiving care at IeDEA-Central Africa clinics in Burundi, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Newman)
• Age differences among HIV-positive children receiving care at IeDEA-Central Africa clinics in Cameroon, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Asia Pacific

• Risk Behaviors and Treatment Adherence among HIV-infected Adolescents in the TREAT Asia Pediatric HIV Observational Database (Prasitsuebsai)
• Characteristics of Perinatally HIV-Infected Adolescents in Asia: The TREAT Asia Pediatric HIV Observational Database (Chokephaibulkit)