Maternal, Infant, and Adolescent HIV Infection: Updating the Public Health Perspective

Dear Colleagues,

The clinical guidelines to treat HIV infection are well established at a world level, and relevant results have been achieved in terms of prevention and control of the spread of the virus. However, there are still peculiarities in HIV treatment related to different target populations. The interaction between health and social factors as determinants of the contagion as well as of the adherence to treatment underlines the need for different public health approaches to HIV care according to the characteristics of the social environment. Infant and mother pairs represent one of the main targets for preventive interventions, especially in developing countries, where vertical transmission is still a major issue. Adolescents are a population with specific problems, connected mainly to their adherence to treatment, which is known to be strongly related to their ability to communicate and their awareness of their HIV status. In both mother/infant pairs and adolescents, the loss-to-follow-up ratio is quite high and shows that effective care models are still lacking.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to gather relevant information about the efficiency and effectiveness of care models targeting one of these populations, including—if available—health technology assessment analysis techniques.

Prof. Giuseppe Liotta
Guest Editor

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