1. Uptake of HIV and syphilis testing of pregnant women and their male partners in a programme for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Uganda.
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Kizito D, Woodburn PW, Kesande B, Ameke C, Nabulime J, Muwanga M, Grosskurth H, and Elliott AM
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- Counseling statistics & numerical data, Female, HIV Infections transmission, Humans, Male, Maternal Welfare, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Pregnancy, Sexual Partners, Syphilis transmission, Uganda, HIV Infections diagnosis, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical prevention & control, Mass Screening statistics & numerical data, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious diagnosis, Prenatal Care statistics & numerical data, Syphilis diagnosis
- Abstract
Objective: To describe uptake of HIV and syphilis testing in a prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programme in Uganda., Methods: Analysis of data from routine HIV and syphilis testing at Entebbe Hospital antenatal services., Results: A total of 20,738 women attended antenatal services. Exactly 62.8% of women, but only 1.8% of their male partners, accepted testing for HIV; 82.2% of women, but only 1.1% of their male partners accepted syphilis testing. Partners of women with positive HIV results were more likely to come for subsequent testing. Of 200 couples whose partners accepted HIV-testing within 30 days of one another, 19 (9.5%) were HIV-discordant, representing 65.5% of couples with at least one partner HIV-positive. HIV prevalence was 12.6% for women and 10.8% for men; syphilis prevalence was 4.0% for women and 6.2% for men., Conclusion: Uptake of HIV and syphilis testing was fairly good among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics at Entebbe Hospital, but very low among their male partners. The level of HIV-discordant couples was high. These clinics should be made more couples-friendly to identify both HIV-positive men for treatment and discordant couples for HIV prevention.
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- 2008
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