MALE PARTNER INVOLVEMENT IN PREVENTION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HIV AT KIBAHA TOWN, TANZANIA

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of community medicine, faculty of medicine, Cairo University, Cairo

2 Department of community Medicine, faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University

3 Medical department, Tanzanian People’s defence Forces

4 Military 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.

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Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Volume 50, Issue 2
August 2020
Pages 364-369

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