ArticleGhana medical journal2008
Acceptance of Voluntary Counselling, Testing and Treatment for HIV Among Pregnant Women in Kumasi, Ghana.
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- HIV treatment as prevention: optimising the impact of expanded HIV treatment programmes.PLoS medicine · 2012Pooled it
- Community-based intervention to increase HIV testing and case detection in people aged 16-32 years in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Thailand (NIMH Project Accept, HPTN 043): a randomised study.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2011Trial
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus serological markers among pregnant women in Africa, 1984-2020.World journal of critical care medicine · 2023Article
- Feasibility of home-based HIV counselling and testing and linking to HIV services among women delivering at home in Geita, Tanzania: a household longitudinal survey.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Acceptance of HIV Counseling and Testing among Antenatal Clinic Attendees in Southern Ethiopia.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2018Article
- Women's willingness to be tested for human immunodeficiency virus during pregnancy: A review.World journal of virology · 2015Review
- HIV counseling and testing for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Swaziland: a multilevel analysis.Maternal and child health journal · 2015Article
- Sex differences in perceived risk and testing experience of HIV in an urban fishing setting in Ghana.International journal for equity in health · 2014Article
- Health service barriers to HIV testing and counseling among pregnant women attending Antenatal Clinic; a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2014Article
- Assessment of voluntary counseling and testing service utilization and associated factors among Debre Markos University Students, North West Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey in 2011.BMC public health · 2013Article
- Gender equality and education: Increasing the uptake of HIV testing among married women in Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe.AIDS care · 2013Article
- Acceptability of routine offer of HIV Testing (opt-out approach) among pregnant women in the Wa municipality.Ghana medical journal · 2011Article
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Abstract
SUMMARY
backgroundVoluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and treatment of positive pregnant women can reduce mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV.
objectiveThis study was conducted to assess acceptance of HIV VCT and antiretroviral therapy (ART) by pregnant women in Kumasi, Ghana, before and after VCT and ART were available.
methodsTwo cross-sectional studies were conducted among women in antenatal clinics. The first, in 2003 among 501 women, before VCT and ART were available in Kumasi. Women who were willing were counselled and tested for HIV. In 2005, after the introduction of VCT and ART by the Ghana Health Service, 675 pregnant women were surveyed regarding HIV/VCT acceptance and uptake.
resultsIn 2003, 98% of women accepted counselling and 97% accepted testing; 3.3% tested HIV positive. Multivariate analysis showed that women with secondary education were 88% less likely than those with no/primary education to accept testing (OR=0.12, CI=0.03-0.54,p=0.006). Women who had prior HIV testing were 95% less likely to accept testing (OR=0.05, CI=0.01-0.19, p=0.0001). Women who reported two sexual partners in the past year were 6 times as likely to be HIV positive than those reporting one sexual partner (OR=5.76. CI=1.53 - 21.69, p=>0.05). In 2005, 76% of women reported no prior HIV counselling and 78% no testing.
conclusionsIn 2003, there was wide uptake of VCT by prenatal women. However, in 2005 the majority of pregnant women were not accessing the available VCT services.
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