About Us   |   Contact Us   |  
Submission  

Prevalence and Associated Factors Affecting the Uptake of HIV Exposed Children Testing at 18 Months at Selected Clinics of Mansa District in Luapula Province of Zambia

DOI : https://doi.org/10.36349/easjnm.2024.v06i04.001
PDF
HTML
XML

Introduction: HIV remains a significant global public health challenge, with substantial impacts on individuals, communities, and healthcare systems. In 2018, it was estimated that approximately 37.9 million people were living with HIV, including 1.7 million children. The global prevalence of HIV among adults was approximately 0.8%, with a substantial proportion of individuals (around 21%) unaware of their HIV-positive status (UNAIDS, 2019). Since the onset of the HIV epidemic, an estimated 74.9 million people have become infected with HIV, resulting in approximately 32 million deaths from AIDS-related illnesses (UNAIDS, 2019). However, there has been significant progress in reducing AIDS-related deaths, with a notable decline of over 55% in AIDS-related deaths since the peak in 2004 and 2010 (UNAIDS, 2019). Thus, this study aimed at investigating the prevalence of HIV exposed children testing at 18 months and factors affecting the uptake of these services in various clinics of Mansa district, Luapula province, Zambia. The main objective of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of HIV exposed children testing at 18 months and factors associated with the uptake of these services in various clinics of Mansa district in Luapula province. Method: An analytical cross-sectional research design was used for this study. The study population were HIV positive mothers who enrolled in PMTCT at the selected Clinics of Mansa District in Luapula Province. Simple random sampling method was used to select the respondents who were interviewed face to face using a pretested structured interview questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 24. The t-test was used to assess statistical significance of associations between variables at significance level of 0.05 and 95% confidence. Furthermore, multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between the likelihood of HIV testing at 18 months (dependent variable) and various independent ........

TOP EDITORS

OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS

Dr. Afroza Begum

Lecturer, Dept. of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Shaheed Monsur Ali Medical College & Hospital, Uttara, Dhaka-1230, Bangladesh

BEST AUTHOR

Of The Month

TRACK YOUR ARTICLE

Enter the Manuscript Reference Number (MRN)
Get Details

Contact us


EAS Publisher (East African Scholars Publisher)
Nairobi, Kenya


Phone : +91-9365665504
Whatsapp : +91-8724002629
Email : easpublisher@gmail.com

About Us


EAS Publisher (East African Scholars Publisher) is an international scholar’s publisher for open access scientific journals in both print and online publishing from Kenya. Its aim is to provide scholars ... Read More Here

*This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

© 2020, All Rights Reserved | SASPR Edu International Pvt. Ltd.

Developed by JM