Table 1.

Summary characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis of the prevalence of mother to child transmission of HIV in Ethiopia

Author, year	Study area	Study design	Study period	Sample size	Time of infant HIV diagnosis	Rate of MTCT of HIV
Mirkuzie AH. et al., 2010 [19]	10 sub-cities in Addis Ababa	Retrospective cohort study	February 2004 to August 2009	896	> = 6 weeks	11.8
Koye DN and Zeleke BM., 2013 [20]	Gondar University referral hospital, Amhara	Retrospective cohort study	September 2005 to July 2011	509	> = 6 weeks	10%
Berhan Z. et al., 2014 [21]	South Gondar zone, Amhara region	Retrospective cohort study	January 1 to December 31, 2012	434	> = 6 weeks	10.1%
Derebe G. et al., 2014 [22]	St. Luke Hospital, Woliso town, Oromia	Retrospective cohort study	December 2009 to March 2010	426	> = 6 weeks to 18 months	9.6%
Tadele T. et al., 2014 [23]	Hawassa Referral and Yirgalem General Hospital, SNNPR	Retrospective cohort study	September 2007 to August 2013	485	> = 6 weeks to 18 months, or rapid antibody test after 6 weeks of breast feeding cessation	4.16%
Kumela K. et al., 2015 [24]	Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Oromia	Retrospective cohort study	January 2008 to February 2012	180	> = 6 weeks	15.5%
Wudineh F. and Damtew B., 2016 [25]	Dil Chora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa City	Retrospective cohort study	July 2005 to July 2013	382	> = 6 weeks to 18 months	15.7%
Moges NA. et al., 2017 [26]	East and West Gojjam Zones, Amhara	Retrospective cohort study	July 2011 to July 2015	305	> = 6 weeks to 24 months follow-up	5.9%
Mirkuzie AH. et al., 2011 [27]	15 health facilities in Addis Ababa	prospective cohort study	January to December 2009	71	At 6 weeks postpartum	8.4%