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low Proportion of Women who came knowing their hiv status at first antenatal care visit uganda 2012 2016 a descriptive analysis of surveillance data
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:HIV testing is the cornerstone for HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Knowledge of HIV status is associated with better reproductive health choices and outcomes for the infant’s HIV status. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending the first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Uganda, 2012–2016. We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC visit during 2012–2016. Women who brought documented HIV negative test result within the previous 4 weeks at the first ANC visit or an HIV positive test result and/or own HIV care card were considered as knowing their HIV status. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at first ANC visit, and described linear trends both nationally and regionally. We tested statistical significance of the trend using modified Poisson regression with generalized linear models. For known HIV positive status, we only analyzed data for years 2015–2016 because this is when this data became available. There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended first ANC visits over years 2012–2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status increased from 4.4% in 2012 to 6.9% in 2016 and this increase was statistically significant (p < 0.001). Most regions had an increase in trend except the West Nile and Mid-Eastern (p < 0.001). The Proportion of Women that came knowing their HIV positive status at first ANC visit was slightly higher than that of Women that were newly tested HIV positive at first ANC visit in 2015 and 2016. Although the gap in Women that come at first ANC visit without knowing their HIV positive status might be reducing, a large Proportion of Women who were infected with HIV did not know their status before the first ANC visit indicating a major public health gap. We recommend advocacy for early ANC attendance and hence timely HIV testing and innovations to promptly identify HIV positive Women of reproductive age so that timely PMTCT interventions can be made.
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Low Proportion of Women who came knowing their HIV status at first antenatal care visit, Uganda, 2012-2016: a descriptive analysis of surveillance data.
BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2020Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:HIV testing is the cornerstone for HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Knowledge of HIV status is associated with better reproductive health choices and outcomes for the infant’s HIV status. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending the first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Uganda, 2012–2016. We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC visit during 2012–2016. Women who brought documented HIV negative test result within the previous 4 weeks at the first ANC visit or an HIV positive test result and/or own HIV care card were considered as knowing their HIV status. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at first ANC visit, and described linear trends both nationally and regionally. We tested statistical significance of the trend using modified Poisson regression with generalized linear models. For known HIV positive status, we only analyzed data for years 2015–2016 because this is when this data became available. There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended first ANC visits over years 2012–2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status increased from 4.4% in 2012 to 6.9% in 2016 and this increase was statistically significant (p
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Low Proportion of Women who came knowing their HIV Status at First Antenatal Care Visit, Uganda, 2012-2016: A Descriptive Analysis of Surveillance Data
2020Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:Abstract Background: HIV testing is the cornerstone for HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Knowledge of HIV status is associated with better reproductive health choices and outcomes for the infant’s HIV status. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending the first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Uganda, 2012-2016. Methods: We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC visit during 2012-2016. Women who brought documented HIV negative test result within the previous four weeks at the first ANC visit or an HIV positive test result and/or own HIV care card were considered as knowing their HIV status. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at first ANC visit, and described linear trends both nationally and regionally. We tested statistical significance of the trend using modified Poisson regression with generalized linear models. For known HIV positive status, we only analyzed data for years 2015-2016 because this is when this data became available. Results: There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended first ANC visits over years 2012-2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status increased from 4.4% in 2012 to 6.9% in 2016 and this increase was statistically significant (p<0.001). Most regions had an increase in trend except the West Nile and Mid-Eastern (p<0.001). The Proportion of Women that came knowing their HIV positive status at first ANC visit was slightly higher than that of Women that were newly tested HIV positive at first ANC visit in 2015 and 2016. Conclusion: Although the gap in Women that come at first ANC visit without knowing their HIV positive status might be reducing, a large Proportion of Women who were infected with HIV did not know their status before the first ANC visit indicating a major public health gap. We recommend advocacy for early ANC attendance and hence timely HIV testing and innovations to promptly identify HIV positive Women of reproductive age so that timely PMTCT interventions can be made.
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Low Proportion of Women who came knowing their HIV Status at First Antenatal Care Visit, Uganda, 2012-2016: A Descriptive Analysis of Surveillance Data
2019Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:Abstract Background HIV testing is the cornerstone for all HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). The earlier Women of reproductive age know their HIV status, the better informed their reproductive decisions and their infants’ outcomes may be. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending their first antenatal care visit (ANC1) in Uganda, 2012-2016. Methods We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC1 during 2012-2016. Women who brought documentation with them to ANC1 of an HIV test within the previous four weeks or an HIV care card as evidence of being in HIV care were considered as knowing their HIV status in antenatal care clinics. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at ANC1, and described the linear trends both nationally and regionally. We used improved Poisson regression with generalized linear models to test the statistical significance of the trend. Results There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended ANC1 visits over the years 2012 to 2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status was highest at 6.9% in 2016 and this was an increasing trend (p<0.001). Most of the regions had an increase in trend except the West Nile and Mid-Eastern (p<0.001). The Proportion of Women that came knowing their HIV positive status at ANC1 is slightly higher than that of Women that were newly tested HIV positive at ANC1 in 2015 and 2016. Conclusion Although the gap in Women that come at ANC1 without knowing their HIV positive status might be reducing, still a large Proportion of Women who were infected with HIV did not know their status before their ANC1 HIV test, indicating a major public health gap. Therefore, more efforts are still required to achieve full PMTCT. In light of the considerable number that comes not knowing their HIV positive status at ANC1, we recommend advocacy for early ANC attendance and hence HIV testing so that timely PMTCT interventions can be made.
Miriam Nakanwagi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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low Proportion of Women who came knowing their hiv status at first antenatal care visit uganda 2012 2016 a descriptive analysis of surveillance data
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:HIV testing is the cornerstone for HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Knowledge of HIV status is associated with better reproductive health choices and outcomes for the infant’s HIV status. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending the first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Uganda, 2012–2016. We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC visit during 2012–2016. Women who brought documented HIV negative test result within the previous 4 weeks at the first ANC visit or an HIV positive test result and/or own HIV care card were considered as knowing their HIV status. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at first ANC visit, and described linear trends both nationally and regionally. We tested statistical significance of the trend using modified Poisson regression with generalized linear models. For known HIV positive status, we only analyzed data for years 2015–2016 because this is when this data became available. There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended first ANC visits over years 2012–2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status increased from 4.4% in 2012 to 6.9% in 2016 and this increase was statistically significant (p < 0.001). Most regions had an increase in trend except the West Nile and Mid-Eastern (p < 0.001). The Proportion of Women that came knowing their HIV positive status at first ANC visit was slightly higher than that of Women that were newly tested HIV positive at first ANC visit in 2015 and 2016. Although the gap in Women that come at first ANC visit without knowing their HIV positive status might be reducing, a large Proportion of Women who were infected with HIV did not know their status before the first ANC visit indicating a major public health gap. We recommend advocacy for early ANC attendance and hence timely HIV testing and innovations to promptly identify HIV positive Women of reproductive age so that timely PMTCT interventions can be made.
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Low Proportion of Women who came knowing their HIV status at first antenatal care visit, Uganda, 2012-2016: a descriptive analysis of surveillance data.
BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2020Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:HIV testing is the cornerstone for HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Knowledge of HIV status is associated with better reproductive health choices and outcomes for the infant’s HIV status. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending the first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Uganda, 2012–2016. We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC visit during 2012–2016. Women who brought documented HIV negative test result within the previous 4 weeks at the first ANC visit or an HIV positive test result and/or own HIV care card were considered as knowing their HIV status. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at first ANC visit, and described linear trends both nationally and regionally. We tested statistical significance of the trend using modified Poisson regression with generalized linear models. For known HIV positive status, we only analyzed data for years 2015–2016 because this is when this data became available. There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended first ANC visits over years 2012–2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status increased from 4.4% in 2012 to 6.9% in 2016 and this increase was statistically significant (p
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Low Proportion of Women who came knowing their HIV Status at First Antenatal Care Visit, Uganda, 2012-2016: A Descriptive Analysis of Surveillance Data
2020Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:Abstract Background: HIV testing is the cornerstone for HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Knowledge of HIV status is associated with better reproductive health choices and outcomes for the infant’s HIV status. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending the first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Uganda, 2012-2016. Methods: We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC visit during 2012-2016. Women who brought documented HIV negative test result within the previous four weeks at the first ANC visit or an HIV positive test result and/or own HIV care card were considered as knowing their HIV status. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at first ANC visit, and described linear trends both nationally and regionally. We tested statistical significance of the trend using modified Poisson regression with generalized linear models. For known HIV positive status, we only analyzed data for years 2015-2016 because this is when this data became available. Results: There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended first ANC visits over years 2012-2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status increased from 4.4% in 2012 to 6.9% in 2016 and this increase was statistically significant (p<0.001). Most regions had an increase in trend except the West Nile and Mid-Eastern (p<0.001). The Proportion of Women that came knowing their HIV positive status at first ANC visit was slightly higher than that of Women that were newly tested HIV positive at first ANC visit in 2015 and 2016. Conclusion: Although the gap in Women that come at first ANC visit without knowing their HIV positive status might be reducing, a large Proportion of Women who were infected with HIV did not know their status before the first ANC visit indicating a major public health gap. We recommend advocacy for early ANC attendance and hence timely HIV testing and innovations to promptly identify HIV positive Women of reproductive age so that timely PMTCT interventions can be made.
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Low Proportion of Women who came knowing their HIV Status at First Antenatal Care Visit, Uganda, 2012-2016: A Descriptive Analysis of Surveillance Data
2019Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:Abstract Background HIV testing is the cornerstone for all HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). The earlier Women of reproductive age know their HIV status, the better informed their reproductive decisions and their infants’ outcomes may be. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending their first antenatal care visit (ANC1) in Uganda, 2012-2016. Methods We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC1 during 2012-2016. Women who brought documentation with them to ANC1 of an HIV test within the previous four weeks or an HIV care card as evidence of being in HIV care were considered as knowing their HIV status in antenatal care clinics. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at ANC1, and described the linear trends both nationally and regionally. We used improved Poisson regression with generalized linear models to test the statistical significance of the trend. Results There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended ANC1 visits over the years 2012 to 2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status was highest at 6.9% in 2016 and this was an increasing trend (p<0.001). Most of the regions had an increase in trend except the West Nile and Mid-Eastern (p<0.001). The Proportion of Women that came knowing their HIV positive status at ANC1 is slightly higher than that of Women that were newly tested HIV positive at ANC1 in 2015 and 2016. Conclusion Although the gap in Women that come at ANC1 without knowing their HIV positive status might be reducing, still a large Proportion of Women who were infected with HIV did not know their status before their ANC1 HIV test, indicating a major public health gap. Therefore, more efforts are still required to achieve full PMTCT. In light of the considerable number that comes not knowing their HIV positive status at ANC1, we recommend advocacy for early ANC attendance and hence HIV testing so that timely PMTCT interventions can be made.
John Bosco Matovu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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low Proportion of Women who came knowing their hiv status at first antenatal care visit uganda 2012 2016 a descriptive analysis of surveillance data
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:HIV testing is the cornerstone for HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Knowledge of HIV status is associated with better reproductive health choices and outcomes for the infant’s HIV status. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending the first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Uganda, 2012–2016. We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC visit during 2012–2016. Women who brought documented HIV negative test result within the previous 4 weeks at the first ANC visit or an HIV positive test result and/or own HIV care card were considered as knowing their HIV status. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at first ANC visit, and described linear trends both nationally and regionally. We tested statistical significance of the trend using modified Poisson regression with generalized linear models. For known HIV positive status, we only analyzed data for years 2015–2016 because this is when this data became available. There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended first ANC visits over years 2012–2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status increased from 4.4% in 2012 to 6.9% in 2016 and this increase was statistically significant (p < 0.001). Most regions had an increase in trend except the West Nile and Mid-Eastern (p < 0.001). The Proportion of Women that came knowing their HIV positive status at first ANC visit was slightly higher than that of Women that were newly tested HIV positive at first ANC visit in 2015 and 2016. Although the gap in Women that come at first ANC visit without knowing their HIV positive status might be reducing, a large Proportion of Women who were infected with HIV did not know their status before the first ANC visit indicating a major public health gap. We recommend advocacy for early ANC attendance and hence timely HIV testing and innovations to promptly identify HIV positive Women of reproductive age so that timely PMTCT interventions can be made.
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Low Proportion of Women who came knowing their HIV status at first antenatal care visit, Uganda, 2012-2016: a descriptive analysis of surveillance data.
BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2020Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:HIV testing is the cornerstone for HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Knowledge of HIV status is associated with better reproductive health choices and outcomes for the infant’s HIV status. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending the first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Uganda, 2012–2016. We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC visit during 2012–2016. Women who brought documented HIV negative test result within the previous 4 weeks at the first ANC visit or an HIV positive test result and/or own HIV care card were considered as knowing their HIV status. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at first ANC visit, and described linear trends both nationally and regionally. We tested statistical significance of the trend using modified Poisson regression with generalized linear models. For known HIV positive status, we only analyzed data for years 2015–2016 because this is when this data became available. There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended first ANC visits over years 2012–2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status increased from 4.4% in 2012 to 6.9% in 2016 and this increase was statistically significant (p
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Low Proportion of Women who came knowing their HIV Status at First Antenatal Care Visit, Uganda, 2012-2016: A Descriptive Analysis of Surveillance Data
2020Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:Abstract Background: HIV testing is the cornerstone for HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Knowledge of HIV status is associated with better reproductive health choices and outcomes for the infant’s HIV status. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending the first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Uganda, 2012-2016. Methods: We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC visit during 2012-2016. Women who brought documented HIV negative test result within the previous four weeks at the first ANC visit or an HIV positive test result and/or own HIV care card were considered as knowing their HIV status. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at first ANC visit, and described linear trends both nationally and regionally. We tested statistical significance of the trend using modified Poisson regression with generalized linear models. For known HIV positive status, we only analyzed data for years 2015-2016 because this is when this data became available. Results: There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended first ANC visits over years 2012-2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status increased from 4.4% in 2012 to 6.9% in 2016 and this increase was statistically significant (p<0.001). Most regions had an increase in trend except the West Nile and Mid-Eastern (p<0.001). The Proportion of Women that came knowing their HIV positive status at first ANC visit was slightly higher than that of Women that were newly tested HIV positive at first ANC visit in 2015 and 2016. Conclusion: Although the gap in Women that come at first ANC visit without knowing their HIV positive status might be reducing, a large Proportion of Women who were infected with HIV did not know their status before the first ANC visit indicating a major public health gap. We recommend advocacy for early ANC attendance and hence timely HIV testing and innovations to promptly identify HIV positive Women of reproductive age so that timely PMTCT interventions can be made.
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Low Proportion of Women who came knowing their HIV Status at First Antenatal Care Visit, Uganda, 2012-2016: A Descriptive Analysis of Surveillance Data
2019Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:Abstract Background HIV testing is the cornerstone for all HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). The earlier Women of reproductive age know their HIV status, the better informed their reproductive decisions and their infants’ outcomes may be. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending their first antenatal care visit (ANC1) in Uganda, 2012-2016. Methods We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC1 during 2012-2016. Women who brought documentation with them to ANC1 of an HIV test within the previous four weeks or an HIV care card as evidence of being in HIV care were considered as knowing their HIV status in antenatal care clinics. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at ANC1, and described the linear trends both nationally and regionally. We used improved Poisson regression with generalized linear models to test the statistical significance of the trend. Results There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended ANC1 visits over the years 2012 to 2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status was highest at 6.9% in 2016 and this was an increasing trend (p<0.001). Most of the regions had an increase in trend except the West Nile and Mid-Eastern (p<0.001). The Proportion of Women that came knowing their HIV positive status at ANC1 is slightly higher than that of Women that were newly tested HIV positive at ANC1 in 2015 and 2016. Conclusion Although the gap in Women that come at ANC1 without knowing their HIV positive status might be reducing, still a large Proportion of Women who were infected with HIV did not know their status before their ANC1 HIV test, indicating a major public health gap. Therefore, more efforts are still required to achieve full PMTCT. In light of the considerable number that comes not knowing their HIV positive status at ANC1, we recommend advocacy for early ANC attendance and hence HIV testing so that timely PMTCT interventions can be made.
Benon Kwesiga - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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low Proportion of Women who came knowing their hiv status at first antenatal care visit uganda 2012 2016 a descriptive analysis of surveillance data
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:HIV testing is the cornerstone for HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Knowledge of HIV status is associated with better reproductive health choices and outcomes for the infant’s HIV status. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending the first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Uganda, 2012–2016. We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC visit during 2012–2016. Women who brought documented HIV negative test result within the previous 4 weeks at the first ANC visit or an HIV positive test result and/or own HIV care card were considered as knowing their HIV status. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at first ANC visit, and described linear trends both nationally and regionally. We tested statistical significance of the trend using modified Poisson regression with generalized linear models. For known HIV positive status, we only analyzed data for years 2015–2016 because this is when this data became available. There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended first ANC visits over years 2012–2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status increased from 4.4% in 2012 to 6.9% in 2016 and this increase was statistically significant (p < 0.001). Most regions had an increase in trend except the West Nile and Mid-Eastern (p < 0.001). The Proportion of Women that came knowing their HIV positive status at first ANC visit was slightly higher than that of Women that were newly tested HIV positive at first ANC visit in 2015 and 2016. Although the gap in Women that come at first ANC visit without knowing their HIV positive status might be reducing, a large Proportion of Women who were infected with HIV did not know their status before the first ANC visit indicating a major public health gap. We recommend advocacy for early ANC attendance and hence timely HIV testing and innovations to promptly identify HIV positive Women of reproductive age so that timely PMTCT interventions can be made.
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Low Proportion of Women who came knowing their HIV status at first antenatal care visit, Uganda, 2012-2016: a descriptive analysis of surveillance data.
BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2020Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:HIV testing is the cornerstone for HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Knowledge of HIV status is associated with better reproductive health choices and outcomes for the infant’s HIV status. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending the first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Uganda, 2012–2016. We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC visit during 2012–2016. Women who brought documented HIV negative test result within the previous 4 weeks at the first ANC visit or an HIV positive test result and/or own HIV care card were considered as knowing their HIV status. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at first ANC visit, and described linear trends both nationally and regionally. We tested statistical significance of the trend using modified Poisson regression with generalized linear models. For known HIV positive status, we only analyzed data for years 2015–2016 because this is when this data became available. There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended first ANC visits over years 2012–2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status increased from 4.4% in 2012 to 6.9% in 2016 and this increase was statistically significant (p
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Low Proportion of Women who came knowing their HIV Status at First Antenatal Care Visit, Uganda, 2012-2016: A Descriptive Analysis of Surveillance Data
2020Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:Abstract Background: HIV testing is the cornerstone for HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Knowledge of HIV status is associated with better reproductive health choices and outcomes for the infant’s HIV status. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending the first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Uganda, 2012-2016. Methods: We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC visit during 2012-2016. Women who brought documented HIV negative test result within the previous four weeks at the first ANC visit or an HIV positive test result and/or own HIV care card were considered as knowing their HIV status. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at first ANC visit, and described linear trends both nationally and regionally. We tested statistical significance of the trend using modified Poisson regression with generalized linear models. For known HIV positive status, we only analyzed data for years 2015-2016 because this is when this data became available. Results: There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended first ANC visits over years 2012-2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status increased from 4.4% in 2012 to 6.9% in 2016 and this increase was statistically significant (p<0.001). Most regions had an increase in trend except the West Nile and Mid-Eastern (p<0.001). The Proportion of Women that came knowing their HIV positive status at first ANC visit was slightly higher than that of Women that were newly tested HIV positive at first ANC visit in 2015 and 2016. Conclusion: Although the gap in Women that come at first ANC visit without knowing their HIV positive status might be reducing, a large Proportion of Women who were infected with HIV did not know their status before the first ANC visit indicating a major public health gap. We recommend advocacy for early ANC attendance and hence timely HIV testing and innovations to promptly identify HIV positive Women of reproductive age so that timely PMTCT interventions can be made.
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Low Proportion of Women who came knowing their HIV Status at First Antenatal Care Visit, Uganda, 2012-2016: A Descriptive Analysis of Surveillance Data
2019Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:Abstract Background HIV testing is the cornerstone for all HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). The earlier Women of reproductive age know their HIV status, the better informed their reproductive decisions and their infants’ outcomes may be. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending their first antenatal care visit (ANC1) in Uganda, 2012-2016. Methods We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC1 during 2012-2016. Women who brought documentation with them to ANC1 of an HIV test within the previous four weeks or an HIV care card as evidence of being in HIV care were considered as knowing their HIV status in antenatal care clinics. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at ANC1, and described the linear trends both nationally and regionally. We used improved Poisson regression with generalized linear models to test the statistical significance of the trend. Results There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended ANC1 visits over the years 2012 to 2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status was highest at 6.9% in 2016 and this was an increasing trend (p<0.001). Most of the regions had an increase in trend except the West Nile and Mid-Eastern (p<0.001). The Proportion of Women that came knowing their HIV positive status at ANC1 is slightly higher than that of Women that were newly tested HIV positive at ANC1 in 2015 and 2016. Conclusion Although the gap in Women that come at ANC1 without knowing their HIV positive status might be reducing, still a large Proportion of Women who were infected with HIV did not know their status before their ANC1 HIV test, indicating a major public health gap. Therefore, more efforts are still required to achieve full PMTCT. In light of the considerable number that comes not knowing their HIV positive status at ANC1, we recommend advocacy for early ANC attendance and hence HIV testing so that timely PMTCT interventions can be made.
Alex Riolexus Ario - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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low Proportion of Women who came knowing their hiv status at first antenatal care visit uganda 2012 2016 a descriptive analysis of surveillance data
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:HIV testing is the cornerstone for HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Knowledge of HIV status is associated with better reproductive health choices and outcomes for the infant’s HIV status. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending the first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Uganda, 2012–2016. We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC visit during 2012–2016. Women who brought documented HIV negative test result within the previous 4 weeks at the first ANC visit or an HIV positive test result and/or own HIV care card were considered as knowing their HIV status. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at first ANC visit, and described linear trends both nationally and regionally. We tested statistical significance of the trend using modified Poisson regression with generalized linear models. For known HIV positive status, we only analyzed data for years 2015–2016 because this is when this data became available. There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended first ANC visits over years 2012–2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status increased from 4.4% in 2012 to 6.9% in 2016 and this increase was statistically significant (p < 0.001). Most regions had an increase in trend except the West Nile and Mid-Eastern (p < 0.001). The Proportion of Women that came knowing their HIV positive status at first ANC visit was slightly higher than that of Women that were newly tested HIV positive at first ANC visit in 2015 and 2016. Although the gap in Women that come at first ANC visit without knowing their HIV positive status might be reducing, a large Proportion of Women who were infected with HIV did not know their status before the first ANC visit indicating a major public health gap. We recommend advocacy for early ANC attendance and hence timely HIV testing and innovations to promptly identify HIV positive Women of reproductive age so that timely PMTCT interventions can be made.
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Low Proportion of Women who came knowing their HIV status at first antenatal care visit, Uganda, 2012-2016: a descriptive analysis of surveillance data.
BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2020Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:HIV testing is the cornerstone for HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Knowledge of HIV status is associated with better reproductive health choices and outcomes for the infant’s HIV status. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending the first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Uganda, 2012–2016. We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC visit during 2012–2016. Women who brought documented HIV negative test result within the previous 4 weeks at the first ANC visit or an HIV positive test result and/or own HIV care card were considered as knowing their HIV status. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at first ANC visit, and described linear trends both nationally and regionally. We tested statistical significance of the trend using modified Poisson regression with generalized linear models. For known HIV positive status, we only analyzed data for years 2015–2016 because this is when this data became available. There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended first ANC visits over years 2012–2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status increased from 4.4% in 2012 to 6.9% in 2016 and this increase was statistically significant (p
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Low Proportion of Women who came knowing their HIV Status at First Antenatal Care Visit, Uganda, 2012-2016: A Descriptive Analysis of Surveillance Data
2020Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:Abstract Background: HIV testing is the cornerstone for HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Knowledge of HIV status is associated with better reproductive health choices and outcomes for the infant’s HIV status. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending the first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Uganda, 2012-2016. Methods: We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC visit during 2012-2016. Women who brought documented HIV negative test result within the previous four weeks at the first ANC visit or an HIV positive test result and/or own HIV care card were considered as knowing their HIV status. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at first ANC visit, and described linear trends both nationally and regionally. We tested statistical significance of the trend using modified Poisson regression with generalized linear models. For known HIV positive status, we only analyzed data for years 2015-2016 because this is when this data became available. Results: There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended first ANC visits over years 2012-2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status increased from 4.4% in 2012 to 6.9% in 2016 and this increase was statistically significant (p<0.001). Most regions had an increase in trend except the West Nile and Mid-Eastern (p<0.001). The Proportion of Women that came knowing their HIV positive status at first ANC visit was slightly higher than that of Women that were newly tested HIV positive at first ANC visit in 2015 and 2016. Conclusion: Although the gap in Women that come at first ANC visit without knowing their HIV positive status might be reducing, a large Proportion of Women who were infected with HIV did not know their status before the first ANC visit indicating a major public health gap. We recommend advocacy for early ANC attendance and hence timely HIV testing and innovations to promptly identify HIV positive Women of reproductive age so that timely PMTCT interventions can be made.
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Low Proportion of Women who came knowing their HIV Status at First Antenatal Care Visit, Uganda, 2012-2016: A Descriptive Analysis of Surveillance Data
2019Co-Authors: Miriam Nakanwagi, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario, Doreen Agasha Birungi, Ivan Lukabwe, John Bosco Matovu, Geoffrey Taasi, Linda Nabitaka, Shaban MugerwaAbstract:Abstract Background HIV testing is the cornerstone for all HIV care and support services, including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). The earlier Women of reproductive age know their HIV status, the better informed their reproductive decisions and their infants’ outcomes may be. We analyzed trends in known current HIV status among pregnant Women attending their first antenatal care visit (ANC1) in Uganda, 2012-2016. Methods We conducted secondary data analysis using District Health Information Software2 data on all pregnant Women who came for ANC1 during 2012-2016. Women who brought documentation with them to ANC1 of an HIV test within the previous four weeks or an HIV care card as evidence of being in HIV care were considered as knowing their HIV status in antenatal care clinics. We calculated Proportions of Women with known current HIV status at ANC1, and described the linear trends both nationally and regionally. We used improved Poisson regression with generalized linear models to test the statistical significance of the trend. Results There was no significant difference in the number of Women that attended ANC1 visits over the years 2012 to 2016. The Proportion of Women that came with known HIV status was highest at 6.9% in 2016 and this was an increasing trend (p<0.001). Most of the regions had an increase in trend except the West Nile and Mid-Eastern (p<0.001). The Proportion of Women that came knowing their HIV positive status at ANC1 is slightly higher than that of Women that were newly tested HIV positive at ANC1 in 2015 and 2016. Conclusion Although the gap in Women that come at ANC1 without knowing their HIV positive status might be reducing, still a large Proportion of Women who were infected with HIV did not know their status before their ANC1 HIV test, indicating a major public health gap. Therefore, more efforts are still required to achieve full PMTCT. In light of the considerable number that comes not knowing their HIV positive status at ANC1, we recommend advocacy for early ANC attendance and hence HIV testing so that timely PMTCT interventions can be made.
