{"id":8941,"date":"2011-04-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/attitudes-to-routine-hiv-counselling-and-testing-and-knowledge-about-prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission-of-hiv-in-eastern-uganda-a-cross-sectional-survey-among-antenatal-attendees\/"},"modified":"2023-02-24T12:13:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T17:13:00","slug":"attitudes-to-routine-hiv-counselling-and-testing-and-knowledge-about-prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission-of-hiv-in-eastern-uganda-a-cross-sectional-survey-among-antenatal-attendees","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/attitudes-to-routine-hiv-counselling-and-testing-and-knowledge-about-prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission-of-hiv-in-eastern-uganda-a-cross-sectional-survey-among-antenatal-attendees\/","title":{"rendered":"Attitudes to routine HIV counselling and testing, and knowledge about prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional survey among antenatal attendees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HIV testing rates have exceeded 90% among the pregnant women at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Mbale District, eastern Uganda, since the introduction of routine antenatal counselling and testing for HIV in June 2006. However, no documented information was available about opinions of pregnant women in eastern Uganda about this HIV testing approach. We therefore conducted a study to assess attitudes of antenatal attendees towards routine HIV counselling and testing at Mbale Hospital. We also assessed their knowledge about mother to child transmission of HIV and infant feeding options for HIV-infected mothers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Methods<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The study was a cross-sectional survey of 388 women, who were attending the antenatal clinic for the first time with their current pregnancy at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital from August to October 2009. Data were collected using a pre-tested questionnaire and analysed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression. Permission to conduct the study was obtained from the Makerere University College of Health Sciences, the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology, and Mbale Hospital.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The majority of the antenatal attendees (98.5%, 382\/388) had positive attitudes towards routine HIV counselling and testing, and many of them (more than 60%) had correct knowledge of how mother to child transmission of HIV could occur during pregnancy, labour and through breastfeeding, and ways of preventing it. After adjusting for independent variables, having completed secondary school (odds ratio: 2.5, 95% confidence interval: 1.3-4.9), having three or more pregnancies (OR: 2.5, 95% CI: 1.4-4.5) and belonging to a non-Bagisu ethnic group (OR: 1.7, 95% CI: 1.0-2.7) were associated with more knowledge of exclusive breastfeeding as one of the measures for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. Out of 388 antenatal attendees, 386 (99.5%) tested for HIV and 382 (98.5%) received same-day HIV test results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Routine offer of antenatal HIV counselling and testing is largely acceptable to the pregnant women in eastern Uganda and has enabled most of them to know their HIV status as part of the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV package of services. Our findings call for further strengthening and scaling up of this HIV testing approach in many more antenatal clinics countrywide in order to maximize its potential benefits to the population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Study assesses attitudes of antenatal attendees towards routine HIV counselling and testing at Mbale Hospital. 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Vertical transmission, or mother-to-child transmission, of HIV is the leading cause of infection among children under 15. Globally, nearly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/data.unicef.org\/topic\/hivaids\/emtct\/\">1.5 million deaths and 2.9 million<\/a> new HIV infections have been averted since 2000 as a result of the scale-up of programs to prevent mother-to-child-transmission of HIV. In 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unaids.org\/en\/resources\/fact-sheet\">81 percent of pregnant women<\/a> living with HIV had access to antiretroviral medication. While mother-to-child transmission of HIV has been nearly eliminated from high-income countries, progress has been slower in low- and middle-income countries. In sub-Saharan Africa, women and girls accounted for 63 percent of all new HIV infections in 2021, increasing the risk of transmission to their newborns. More work needs to be done to prevent HIV among women, girls, and children and close the gaps to achieve the global targets of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unaids.org\/sites\/default\/files\/media_asset\/201506_JC2743_Understanding_FastTrack_en.pdf\">95-95-95 by 2025;<\/a> 95 percent of people living with HIV know their HIV status, 95 percent of people who know their status are on antiretroviral treatment, and 95 percent of people on HIV treatment have a suppressed viral load, reducing the risk of transmission.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-red\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">54<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1666047176103{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">percent of children in need <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobalfund.org\/media\/11304\/corporate_2021resultsreport_report_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who receive life-saving treatment<\/a> for HIV<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-yellow\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span class=\"ticker\">63<\/span><\/b><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1652993131651{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">percent of infants exposed to HIV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenandaids.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-01\/2021%20WAD%20Report-sm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tested within<\/a> two months of birth<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-blue\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span class=\"ticker\">2<\/span><\/b><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1652992737559{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">percentage point increase in ART coverage for pregnant women living with HIV from 2016 to 2020; this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenandaids.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-01\/2021%20WAD%20Report-sm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rate has stalled<\/a> compared to the 38-percentage point increase in coverage from 2010-2015.<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\r\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Newborn Numbers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/span><\/h6>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1452696349804{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #f6f6f4 !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"HIV Transmission\" color=\"custom\" accent_color=\"#cccccc\"][vc_row_inner equal_height=\"yes\"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Newborns can be infected with HIV by their mothers in a few ways, requiring a comprehensive, multi-level preventative approach. An HIV-positive mother can transmit HIV to her child during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding. Between 15 and 45 percent of infants born to HIV-positive women will become infected, if no preventative action is taken. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) can significantly reduce the risk of vertical transmission, as it decreases viral levels and makes it less transmittable. All pregnant women should be tested for HIV at their first antenatal visit, especially those in HIV-endemic regions, and all pregnant women living with HIV should be supported to initiate or continue ART during pregnancy. All children born to HIV-positive mothers should receive preventative antiretroviral drugs, with regular testing at two months and after the cessation of breastfeeding.\r\n\r\nMajor strides have been made to reduce the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV through global prioritization and commitments. A global multi-partner effort has decreased the rate of transmission in children by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unaids.org\/en\/resources\/fact-sheet\">53 percent since 2010<\/a>.\u00a0However, the COVID-19 pandemic led to noticeable declines in ART coverage among pregnant and breastfeeding women. Approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unaids.org\/sites\/default\/files\/media_asset\/global-alliance-end-AIDS-in-children_en.pdf\">800,000 children under 15 years<\/a> of age are not on treatment, and the majority of global childhood infections, 4 out of 5, occurred in sub-Saharan Africa in 2021. With the launch of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unaids.org\/en\/resources\/documents\/2021\/2021-2026-global-AIDS-strategy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global AIDS Strategy<\/a> in 2021 came an increased commitment to achieving the 2025 target of 95 percent coverage of services for eliminating mother-to-child transmission. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unaids.org\/en\/resources\/documents\/2021\/2021-2026-global-AIDS-strategy\">Global Alliance to End AIDS in Children<\/a>, launched in 2022, will support these efforts through four pillars:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Early testing and optimized comprehensive, high-quality treatment and care for infants, children, and adolescents living with and exposed to HIV<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Closing the treatment gap for pregnant women living with HIV and optimizing continuity of treatment towards the goal of elimination of mother-to-child transmission<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Preventing and detecting new HIV infections among pregnant and breastfeeding adolescents and women<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Addressing rights, gender equality, and the social and structural barriers that hinder access to services<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=\"Key resources\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenandaids.org\/vertical_transmission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prevention of Vertical Transmission<\/a>, Children and AIDS Unicef (2022)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/updated-recommendations-on-hiv-prevention-infant-diagnosis-antiretroviral-initiation-and-monitoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHO updated clinical and service delivery recommendations for HIV prevention, treatment and care<\/a> (2021)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/global-aids-strategy-2021-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global AIDS Strategy 2021\u20132026: End Inequalities, End AIDS<\/a> (2021)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobalfund.org\/en\/blog\/2021-11-03-20-years-of-progress-to-protect-mothers-and-babies-from-hiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">20 Years of Progress to Protect Mothers and Babies From HIV<\/a> (2021)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/start-free-stay-free-aids-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Final report from the Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free initiative<\/a> (2021)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unaids.org\/en\/resources\/documents\/2020\/2020_women-adolescent-girls-and-hiv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We\u2019ve got the power \u2014 Women, adolescent girls and the HIV response<\/a> (2020)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unaids.org\/en\/resources\/documents\/2020\/prevailing-against-pandemics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prevailing against pandemics by putting people at the centre \u2014 World AIDS Day report<\/a> (2020)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenandaids.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2017-04\/IATT_Part-1-PMTCT-in-Humanitarian-Settings_2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PMTCT in Humanitarian Settings Part I: Lessons Learned and Recommendations<\/a> (2015)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenandaids.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2017-04\/IATT_Part-2-PMTCT-in-Humanitarian-Settings_2015_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PMTCT in Humanitarian Settings: Part II Implementation Guide<\/a> (2015)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","post_title":"Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"hiv-aids-prevention-mother-child-transmission","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-01 11:02:13","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-01 16:02:13","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=123","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"additional_authors":"R Byamugisha, JK Tumwine, G Ndeezi, CAS Karamagi, T 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