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The prevalence and predictors of health unit delivery among HIV positive pregnant women who attend ANC at Mulago Hospital
(2012-05)
About 700,000 children in 2005 were infected with HIV worldwide virtually all of them through mother to child transmission (MTCT). About 90% of them occurred in sub-Saharan Africa due to a continuation of the high prevalence ...
Barriers to timely antiretroviral therapy initiation among HIV infected children attending TASO clinics at Tororo, Mulago and Jinja
(Makerere University, 2014-02-20)
Background: statistics show an increase in the prevalence and incidence of HIV among children yet these figures do not match with the numbers on treatment. Records showed evidence of delayed ART initiation (initiation ...
Factors influencing infant feeding prctices among HIV/AIDS-Positive mothers attending the PMTCT programme at Gulu Referral and Lacor Hospitals
(2008)
Background
Breastfeeding is usually the best way to feed infants, yet the advent of HIV has complicated this practice in our mothers today. There is enough evidence that exclusively breastfed infants are more protected ...
Predictors of unknown HIV serostatus at the time of labor and delivery in Kampala, Uganda.
(Elsevier Ireland, 2013)
Objective: To determine factors associated with an unknown HIV serostatus among pregnantwomen admitted in
labor to Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Methods: In total, 665 pregnant women admitted to Mulago Hospital
were ...
Assessment of the enabling and barrier factors for reciept of couple HIV counselling and testing in Rakai district health facilities.
(2008-10)
INTRODUCTION:
Discordant marriages are one of the world’s high risk groups for HIV transmission. Rakai district in Uganda has 55.9% HIV sero discordance rate. Married people who come with their partners for CHCT which ...
Factors affecting utilization of natal services by HIV pregnant women in Jnja District, Uganda.
(2009-07)
BACKGROUND:
The Uganda MoH policy on PMTCT requires all HIV positive pregnant women to deliver in higher facilities to access nevirapine and modified obstetrical care in order to reduce MTCT. However, only 34% of the HIV ...
Assessment of the implementation of TB/HIV collaborative activities of the south east zone in Uganda.
(2009-09)
Introduction and Background:
Uganda like other sub Saharan African countries is battling with a dual epidemic of TB and HIV. About 60% of TB patients are co-infected with HIV, while about 20% of HIV patients have TB ...
Viral load and reverse transcriptase drug resistance mutations in HIV-1 isolated from mothers who transmit the virus to their infants at Kibagabaga Hospital PMTCT Clinic, Kigali, Rwanda
(Makerere University, 2014-09)
Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT) of HIV is the largest source of HIV infection in children below the age of 15 years, affecting five-million infants per year. HIV/AIDS is a disease with known modes of transmission and ...
Factors influencing uptake of HIV voluntary testing among women attending antenatal care in Tororo District, Uganda
(2004)
Background: HlV/AlDS is a major public health problem in Uganda, ranked the 2nd cause of mortality and morbidity in all age groups. Of HIV positive pregnant mothers, 30% transmit the virus to their babies. In 2001 Tororo ...
Assessment of uptake of HIV counselling and testing for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV In Jinja District - 2007.
(2014-10-03)
Introduction: Mother to child transmission of HIV is the main mode of paediatric infection. It is estimated that 27 - 30% HIV positive pregnant mothers transmit the virus to their babies. Jinja District with an HIV prevalence ...