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Health Workers’ Practice of Preventing Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria

Authors: ASHIPA Temitope

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: British Journal Of Medicine & Medical Research

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Introduction: Health workers have an important role to play in preventing mother-to-child
transmission of HIV. This study assessed health workers’ practice of preventing mother-to-child
transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria in conformity with the national guidelines.
Methodology: The study design was a descriptive cross-sectional survey. Health workers
providing services for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State were
recruited from seven health facilities. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaires
between July 2011 and October 2011.
Results: The respondents comprised 270 health 88 males (32.6%) and 182 females (67.4%).
41.5% of health workers reported good practice of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
The respondents identified several challenges of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV
including heavy work load, irregular supply of HIV test kits and insufficient male involvement in
preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

Conclusion: The proportion of health workers with good, fair and poor practice of preventing
mother-to-child transmission of HIV was 41.5%, 45.9% and 12.6%. The health workers identified
several challenges during the course of the study. Addressing these challenges is crucial to
achieving the goal of reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

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ASHIPA,T. . (2017). Health Workers’ Practice of Preventing Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, 19 (), 1-1.

ASHIPA,T. . "Health Workers’ Practice of Preventing Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria" 19, no (), (2017): 1-1.

ASHIPA,T. and . (2017). Health Workers’ Practice of Preventing Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, 19 (), pp1-1.

ASHIPAT, . Health Workers’ Practice of Preventing Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. 2017, 19 ():1-1.

ASHIPA,Temitope , . "Health Workers’ Practice of Preventing Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria", 19 . (2017) : 1-1.

A.Temitope , "Health Workers’ Practice of Preventing Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria" vol.19, no., pp. 1-1, 2017.

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