Interventions to significantly improve service uptake and retention ofHIV‐positive pregnant women andHIV‐exposed infants along the prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission continuum of care: systematic review

Interventions including ANC/ART integration, family-centred approaches, and the use of lay healthcare providers are demonstrably effective in increasing service uptake and retention of HIV-positive mothers and their infants in PMTCT programmes. Future studies should include control groups and assess whether interventions developed in the context of earlier 'Options' are effective in improving outcomes in Option B+ programmes.