Acceptance of HIV counselling & testing among pregnant women in the Kumasi Metropolis

Type Thesis or Dissertation - Masters
Title Acceptance of HIV counselling & testing among pregnant women in the Kumasi Metropolis
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Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2011
Abstract
In Ghana, as in most parts of Africa, south of the Sahara, HIV/AIDS account for a lot of mortality and morbidity in children. Children born to infected mothers acquire infection and progress to clinical diseases. This mother-to-child-Transmission (MTCT), accounts for most of the cases in children less than 15 years. To help address this problem, the Ghana National Policy on HIV/AIDS and STIs has come out with strategies that include the use of routine Counseling and Testing (CT) as a tool for the prevention of MTCT (PMTCT). The main objective of this study was to determine the level of acceptance of this routine HIV CT, as well as factors associated with acceptance among pregnant women in Kumasi Metropolis.

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