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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Missed opportunities: Barriers to hiv testing during pregnancy from a population based cohort study in rural uganda
PLoS ONE, Volume 7, No. 8, Article e37590, Year 2012
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The aim was to assess population-level HIV-testing uptake among pregnant women, key for access to prevention-of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) services, and to identify risk factors for not being HIV tested, The study was conducted May 2008-May 2010 in the Iganga/Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS), Eastern Uganda, during regular surveillance of 68,000 individuals. All women identified to be pregnant May-July 2008 (n = 881) were interviewed about pregnancy-related issues and linked to the HDSS database for socio-demographic data. Women were followed-up via antenatal care (ANC) register reviews at the health facilities to collect data related to ANC services received, including HIV testing. Adjusted relative risk (aRR), and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for not being HIV tested were calculated using multivariable binomial regression among the 544 women who remained after record review. Despite high ANC attendance (96%), the coverage of HIV testing was 64%. Only 6% of pregnant women who sought ANC at a facility without HIV testing services were referred for testing and only 20% received counseling regarding HIV. At ANC facilities with HIV testing services, 85% were tested. Only 4% of the women tested had been couple tested for HIV. Living more than three kilometers away from a health facility with HIV testing services was associated with not being tested both among the poorest (aRR,CI; 1.44,1.02-2.04) and the least poor women (aRR,CI;1.72,1.12-2.63). The lack of onsite HIV testing services and distant ANC facilities lead to missed opportunities for PMTCT, especially for the poorest women. Referral systems for HIV testing need to be improved and testing should be expanded to lower level health facilities. This is in order to ensure that the policy of HIV testing during pregnancy is implemented more effectively and that testing is accessible for all. © 2012 Larsson et al.
Authors & Co-Authors
Larsson, E. C.
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Thorson, Anna Ekéus K.
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Pariyo, George William
Uganda, Kampala
Makerere University School of Public Health
Uganda, Iganga
Iganga-mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site
Waiswa, Peter P.
Uganda, Kampala
Makerere University School of Public Health
Uganda, Iganga
Iganga-mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site
Kadobera, Daniel
Uganda, Iganga
Iganga-mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site
Marrone, Gaetano
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Ekström, Anna Mia
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Statistics
Citations: 48
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0037590
e-ISSN:
19326203
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Uganda
Participants Gender
Female