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mothertochild transmission mtct accounts 90 new paediatric hiv infections nigeria approximately 30 global burden study aimed determine effectiveness training model incorporated case managers working closely traditional birth attendants tbas ensure linkage care hivpositive pregnant women study 3arm parallel design cluster randomized controlled trial ifo adoodo ota ogun state nigeria study employed random sampling technique allocate three distinct tba associations clusters cluster 1 received training exclusively cluster 2 underwent training addition utilization case managers cluster 3 served control group total 240 tbas enrolled study 80 participants intervention control groups followed duration 6 months employed oneway analysis variance anova statistical test evaluate differences baseline endline hiv knowledge scores pmtct practices additionally bivariate analysis using chisquare test used investigate linkage care furthermore logistic regression analysis utilized identify tba characteristics associated various pmtct interventions including receipt hiv test results repeat testing term hivnegative pregnant women data analysis performed using stata version 161877 considered results statistically significant p values less 005 end study improvements tbas hiv pmtctrelated knowledge within intervention groups however reach statistical significance p 005 referral pregnant clients hiv testing highest 935 within cluster 2 tbas received pmtct training case manager support p 0001 likelihood hivnegative pregnant women term repeating hiv test approximately 41 times higher referred tbas cluster 1 aor 414 95 ci 282599 compared control group 19 times cluster 2 aor 193 95 ci 13289 compared control group additionally older tbas 162 95 ci 12621 tbas years experience practice 145 95 ci 109193 likely encourage retesting among hivnegative women term combination case managers pmtct training effective training alone tbas facilitating linkage care hivpositive pregnant women although effect reach statistical significance largerscale studies investigate benefits case manager support facilitating linkage care pmtct hiv recommended study retrospectively registered pan african clinical trial registry assigned unique identification number pactr202206622552114