Mother to Child Transmission of HIV and Associated Factors Among HIV Exposed Infants at Public Health Facilities, Dessie Town, Ethiopia.
Yibeltal Asmamaw YitayewDaniel Mengistu BekeleBirhanu Wondimeneh DemissieZeleke Argaw MenjiPublished in: HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) (2019)
Prevalence of MTCT of HIV was low (3.8%) in Dessie town public health facilities. Having ANC visit, delivery at health facility, maternal ARV drug intake, and infant ARV prophylaxis were the significant protective factors against MTCT of HIV. Promoting ANC service utilization among pregnant women and providing counseling as well as setting up linkage with PMTCT and giving ARV intervention to all HIV positive pregnant women and timely initiation of NVP prophylaxis to all HEIs should be recommended by the minister of health and health facilities.
Keyphrases
- hiv positive
- public health
- south africa
- men who have sex with men
- hiv testing
- antiretroviral therapy
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv infected
- mental health
- healthcare
- pregnant women
- hiv aids
- hepatitis c virus
- health information
- randomized controlled trial
- global health
- body mass index
- risk assessment
- adverse drug
- weight loss
- climate change
- genome wide
- pregnancy outcomes
- drug induced