Prevalence assessment of sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women visiting an antenatal care center of Nepal: Pilot of the World Health Organization's standard protocol for conducting STI prevalence surveys among pregnant women.
Rubee DevShambhu P AdhikariAnjana DongolSurendra K MadhupPooja PradhanSunila ShakyaShrinkhala ShresthaSneha MaskeyMelanie M TaylorPublished in: PloS one (2021)
The prevalence of trichomoniasis among pregnant women in this sub-urban population of Nepal was high compared to few cases of CT and no cases of NG, syphilis, and HIV. The WHO standard protocol provided a valuable framework for conducting STI surveillance that can be adapted for other countries and populations.
Keyphrases
- men who have sex with men
- risk factors
- hiv testing
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- randomized controlled trial
- healthcare
- pregnant women
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- public health
- computed tomography
- palliative care
- hepatitis c virus
- study protocol
- clinical trial
- magnetic resonance
- quality improvement
- image quality
- positron emission tomography
- genetic diversity
- pet ct