MALE PARTNER INVOLVEMENT IN PREVENTION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HIV AT KIBAHA TOWN, TANZANIA | ||||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
| Article 19, Volume 50, Issue 2, August 2020, Page 364-369 PDF (807.93 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2020.113059 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| NARGIS ALBERT LABIB1; MOHAMED YEHIA EL-AWADY2; GOODLUCK ROVETHA MARO3; AMR MOHAMED ELSYAYED4 | ||||
| 1Department of community medicine, faculty of medicine, Cairo University, Cairo | ||||
| 2Department of community Medicine, faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University | ||||
| 3Medical department, Tanzanian People’s defence Forces | ||||
| 4Military Medical Academy, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Male partners must be considered as part of prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, because they often make key decisions which affect health of women and their children. Study objectives: To measure the percentage and level of male partner involvement in PMTCT. To identify some factors affecting male partners’ involvement. Methods: It was hospital based cross sectional study, done at Tumbi referral Hospital, Kibaha regional health centre and Royal private hospital, at Kibaha Town Tanzania.107 HIV positive postnatal mothers, their male partners and their infants were included in the study. Questionnaire was used for data collection and it has three sections: section I: Male partners, section II: Female partners and section III: Infants born from HIV positive mothers. Results: Male partners’ involvement was, 62%. Their involvement was associated increase utilization of prevention of mother to child transmission services. Friendly health care workers were the main factor affecting male partner involvement. Nine percent of infants were HIV positive in Early HIV diagnosis test. Conclusion: It was concluded that male partner’s involvement was associated with increased utilization of mother to child transmission services. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Male; partners; involvement; Prevention; Mother; child; Transmission; HIV | ||||
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