Achieving pregnancy safely: perspectives on timed vaginal insemination among HIV-serodiscordant couples and health-care providers in Kisumu, Kenya.

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Published in AIDS Care on August 08, 2014

Authors

Okeoma Mmeje1, Sheryl van der Poel, Meklit Workneh, Betty Njoroge, Elizabeth Bukusi, Craig R Cohen

Author Affiliations

1: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , MI , USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis to Prevent HIV-1 Acquisition Within HIV-1 Discordant Couples (Partners PrEP) | NCT00557245

Pilot Study: Acceptability, Feasibility and Efficacy of Vaginal Insemination in HIV Discordant Couples (Female Positive, Male Negative) Desiring Conception in Kisumu, Kenya | NCT01468753

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