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Assessment of effective coverage of hiv prevention of pregnant mother to child transimission services in jimma zone, south west Ethiopia

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dc.contributor.author Mohammed Hussein
dc.contributor.author Challi Jira
dc.contributor.author Belaineh Girma
dc.date.accessioned 2020-12-16T12:10:31Z
dc.date.available 2020-12-16T12:10:31Z
dc.date.issued 2011-08
dc.identifier.uri http://10.140.5.162//handle/123456789/3873
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND: Coverage assessment of prevention of Pregnant Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV service is useful to measure the health system effort or performance of health service delivery function and to influence decisions. The objective of this study was to assess effective coverage level for prevention of Pregnant Mother to Child Transmission services in Jimma University Hospital. METHODS: Health institution based cross-sectional quantitative and qualitative study was conducted on prevention of Pregnant Mother to Child Transmission of HIV services. RESULTS: Out of total 1904 pregnant women who received at least one antenatal care service, 1472 (77.3%) were covered with PMTCT service in 2005 in Jimma University Hospital. The overall PMTCT service coverage for the target group in the Jimma Zone was 1.1 %. The prevalence of positive HIV blood test among pre counseled women was 101 (6.9%). Of all HIV positive pregnant women 62(61.3%) were taking Neverapine at home. CONCLUSION: From the data obtained, it was observed that PMTCT service coverage was low. Thus, we recommended that the services to be strengthened, for a better achievement and optimizing coverage en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Effective coverage en_US
dc.subject availabilit en_US
dc.subject utilization en_US
dc.subject continuity en_US
dc.subject quality en_US
dc.subject PMTCT en_US
dc.subject services en_US
dc.title Assessment of effective coverage of hiv prevention of pregnant mother to child transimission services in jimma zone, south west Ethiopia en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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