The association between maternal HIV and stillbirths in an Era of universal ART access in pregnancy in the Western Cape, South Africa, 2017 – 2021
In this cohort of pregnant women we found no differences in stillbirth rates between WLHIV and women without HIV but given the sample size and number of stillbirths, the study could not exclude small increases in risk. Longer ART duration was confirmed to be protective for stillbirth among WLHIV.
Authors
- Kalk Emma
- Mehta Ushma
- Boulle Andrew
- Heekes Alexa
- Florence Currin
- Maswime Salome
- Lubinda Elizabeth
Institutions
- Western Cape Department of Health (ZA)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction
- Published
- 2026-03-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogoh.2026.103150
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00