| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Clinical Outcomes and CD4 Cell Response in Children Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy at Primary Health Care Facilities in Zambia | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2007 | 299 |
| 2 | Maternal HIV-1 viral load and vertical transmission of infection: The Ariel Project for the prevention of HIV transmission from mother to infant | Nature Medicine | 1997 | 200 |
| 3 | Determinants of male involvement in maternal and child health services in sub-Saharan Africa: a review | Reproductive Health | 2012 | 170 |
| 4 | Point-of-Care Tests to Strengthen Health Systems and Save Newborn Lives: The Case of Syphilis | PLoS Medicine | 2012 | 161 |
| 5 | Reframing HIV care: putting people at the centre of antiretroviral delivery | Tropical Medicine and International Health | 2015 | 150 |
| 6 | Routine offer of antenatal HIV testing (“opt-out” approach) to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in urban Zimbabwe | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | 2007 | 144 |
| 7 | Coverage of Nevirapine-Based Services to Prevent Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in 4 African Countries | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2010 | 131 |
| 8 | Prevention of HIV-1 Transmission Through Breastfeeding: Efficacy and Safety of Maternal Antiretroviral Therapy Versus Infant Nevirapine Prophylaxis for Duration of Breastfeeding in HIV-1-Infected Women With High CD4 Cell Count (IMPAACT PROMISE): A Randomized, Open-Label, Clinical Trial | Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) | 2018 | 115 |
| 9 | Monitoring effectiveness of programmes to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in lower-income countries | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | 2008 | 112 |
| 10 | The epidemiology of adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV: A cross-region global cohort analysis | PLoS Medicine | 2018 | 98 |
| 11 | Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 in Africa: Early Insights from the Democratic Republic of the Congo | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2020 | 87 |
| 12 | Lessons Learned From Early Implementation of Option B+ | Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) | 2014 | 85 |
| 13 | Exploring the use of mobile phone technology for the enhancement of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV program in Nyanza, Kenya: a qualitative study | BMC Public Health | 2013 | 77 |
| 14 | Evaluation of a routine point-of-care intervention for early infant diagnosis of HIV: an observational study in eight African countries | Lancet HIV,the | 2019 | 70 |
| 15 | Unmet Need for Family Planning, Contraceptive Failure, and Unintended Pregnancy among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Women in Zimbabwe | PLoS ONE | 2014 | 69 |
| 16 | Prevention of mother-to-child transmission: program changes and the effect on uptake of the HIVNET 012 regimen in Malawi | Aids | 2008 | 68 |
| 17 | HIV‐positive pregnant and postpartum women's perspectives about Option B+ in Malawi: a qualitative study | Journal of the International AIDS Society | 2016 | 68 |
| 18 | HIV prevention costs and program scale: data from the PANCEA project in five low and middle-income countries | BMC Health Services Research | 2007 | 67 |
| 19 | Emerging evidence from a systematic review of safety of pre‐exposure prophylaxis for pregnant and postpartum women: where are we now and where are we heading? | Journal of the International AIDS Society | 2020 | 67 |
| 20 | The maturing immune system: implications for development and testing HIV-1 vaccines for children and adolescents | Aids | 2006 | 65 |
| 21 | Early clinical and immune response to NNRTI-based antiretroviral therapy among women with prior exposure to single-dose nevirapine | Aids | 2007 | 63 |
| 22 | Antiretroviral Therapy and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome: The Elephant in the Room? | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2016 | 62 |
| 23 | Immunoprophylaxis to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1 | Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) | 2004 | 61 |
| 24 | Does “asymptomatic” mean without symptoms for those living with HIV infection? | AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV | 2009 | 60 |
| 25 | Xpert Ultra versus Xpert MTB/RIF for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis | The Cochrane Library | 2021 | 58 |
| 26 | Male involvement for increasing the effectiveness of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programmes | The Cochrane Library | 2012 | 55 |
| 27 | Comparative efficacy, tolerability and safety of dolutegravir and efavirenz 400mg among antiretroviral therapies for first-line HIV treatment: A systematic literature review and network meta-analysis | EClinicalMedicine | 2020 | 54 |
| 28 | What Will It Take to Eliminate Pediatric HIV? Reaching WHO Target Rates of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in Zimbabwe: A Model-Based Analysis | PLoS Medicine | 2012 | 53 |
| 29 | Introduction of Rapid Syphilis Testing Within Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Programs in Uganda and Zambia | Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) | 2012 | 50 |
| 30 | Community-based approaches for prevention of mother to child transmission in resource-poor settings: a social ecological review | Journal of the International AIDS Society | 2012 | 50 |
| 31 | HIV, infant feeding and more perils for poor people: new WHO guidelines encourage review of formula milk policies | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | 2008 | 47 |
| 32 | High HIV incidence in the postpartum period sustains vertical transmission in settings with generalized epidemics: a cohort study in Southern Mozambique | Journal of the International AIDS Society | 2014 | 47 |
| 33 | Provision of care following prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services in resource-limited settings | Aids | 2007 | 46 |
| 34 | Defining gaps in pre-exposure prophylaxis delivery for pregnant and post-partum women in high-burden settings using an implementation science framework | Lancet HIV,the | 2020 | 44 |
| 35 | Assessment of Clinical Outcomes Among Children and Adolescents Hospitalized With COVID-19 in 6 Sub-Saharan African Countries | JAMA Pediatrics | 2022 | 44 |
| 36 | Influence of HLA Alleles on the Rate of Progression of Vertically Transmitted HIV Infection in Children: Association of Several HLA-DR13 Alleles with Long-Term Survivorship and the Potential Association of HLA-A2301 with Rapid Progression to AIDS | Human Immunology | 1997 | 42 |
| 37 | Safety and Efficacy of HIV Hyperimmune Globulin for Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in HIV-1–Infected Pregnant Women and Their Infants in Kampala, Uganda (HIVIGLOB/NVP STUDY) | Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) | 2011 | 42 |
| 38 | A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Implementation Science | Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) | 2014 | 42 |
| 39 | Combined evaluation of sexually transmitted infections in HIV-infected pregnant women and infant HIV transmission | PLoS ONE | 2018 | 42 |
| 40 | Introduction of Syphilis Point-of-Care Tests, from Pilot Study to National Programme Implementation in Zambia: A Qualitative Study of Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives on Testing, Training and Quality Assurance | PLoS ONE | 2015 | 41 |
| 41 | Nevirapine- Versus Lopinavir/Ritonavir-Based Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected Infants and Young Children: Long-term Follow-up of the IMPAACT P1060 Randomized Trial | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2016 | 41 |
| 42 | Achieving Viral Suppression in 90% of People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Antiretroviral Therapy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2018 | 41 |
| 43 | Site-specific interventions to improve prevention of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus programs in less developed settings | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | 2007 | 40 |
| 44 | Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices Regarding Exclusive Breastfeeding of Infants Younger Than 6 Months in Mozambique: A Qualitative Study | Journal of Human Lactation | 2011 | 39 |
| 45 | Echoes of old HIV paradigms: reassessing the problem of engaging men in HIV testing and treatment through women’s perspectives | Reproductive Health | 2017 | 39 |
| 46 | Clinical manifestations, prevalence, risk factors, outcomes, transmission, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 in pregnancy and postpartum: a living systematic review protocol | BMJ Open | 2020 | 39 |
| 47 | Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Resource-Limited Settings: The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Experience | American Journal of Public Health | 2009 | 38 |
| 48 | Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of the Broadly Neutralizing Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-1 Monoclonal Antibody VRC01 in HIV-Exposed Newborn Infants | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2020 | 38 |
| 49 | The feasibility of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV using peer counselors in Zimbabwe | AIDS Research and Therapy | 2008 | 37 |
| 50 | Health Facility Characteristics and Their Relationship to Coverage of PMTCT of HIV Services across Four African Countries: The PEARL Study | PLoS ONE | 2012 | 37 |
