Background Utilization of antenatal care services in Ghana has substantially increased over
the years, but the rates of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is still high. The high burden of …

Background HIV testing rates have exceeded 90% among the pregnant women at Mbale
Regional Referral Hospital in Mbale District, eastern Uganda, since the introduction of …

Background Routine HIV counselling and testing as part of antenatal care has been
institutionalized in Uganda as an entry point for pregnant women into the prevention of …

Introduction Receiving results for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing and
counselling during antenatal care (ANC) is critical for eliminating mother-to-child …

This study reports the results of a cross-sectional questionnaire survey undertaken in the
Kassena-Nankana district of Ghana to assess the perception and attitude of 270 antenatal …

Background The burden of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Uganda is high. The aim of
this paper is to describe the experience of the first 7 years of the prevention of mother-to …

Despite critics of the 'opt-out'policy surrounding HIV testing during antenatal care visits in
Uganda suggesting that women may be deterred from seeking antenatal care at facilities …

Background. Due to low uptake of antenatal HIV testing under a voluntary opt-in approach, a
new model of antenatal HIV testing known as the provider-initiated opt-out approach has …

Voluntary counselling and HIV testing has become an integral part of HIV prevention and
care programs in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. A number of interventions offer …

Despite the availability of HIV testing and counselling (HTC) in antenatal care clinic (ANC)
settings, many HIV infected mothers in sub-Saharan Africa give birth in health facilities …