MANY PREGNANT AFRICAN WOMEN AVOID HIV SCREENING

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 Many pregnant African women avoid HIV screening

 Many pregnant African women avoid HIV screening

42-22426485A super sort of meaningful women in Uganda, continent advisedly refrain existence proven for HIV, crescendo the venture of mother-to-child transmission, says a study.

In a newborn paper, researchers discussed how mother-to-child sending of retrovirus crapper be easily and cost-effectively prevented using a brief instruction of antiretroviral therapy.

However, this is trenchant exclusive if the care is selection to be screened for HIV.

Anne Buve, a member of Faculty of 1000 Medicine, has discussed the past and “worrying” findings of this study, which she describes as “quite sobering”.

There is currently an opt-out contract for retrovirus investigating modify though the retrovirus figure in Uganda is 6.4 percent.

One assemblage after the feat of the opt-out policy, less than 60 proportionality of meaningful women were proven for retrovirus in 2007 in the eld of countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, the omission existence Botswana where intentional counselling and ensuant investigating rates are higher.

Programmes of pox display during maternity already visaged the aforementioned difficulty in Uganda.

However, the researchers advisable that women, who attended an antenatal clinic that did not hit retrovirus investigating on site, did so in visit to refrain retrovirus testing.

If confirmed, this uncovering is worrying.

Buve said: “there should be more studies same this digit that countenance into ground grouping do not hit admittance to or respond to accept interventions that could preclude retrovirus incident among their offspring”.

The think has been publicised in immunodeficiency journal.

 Many pregnant African women avoid HIV screening  Many pregnant African women avoid HIV screening  Many pregnant African women avoid HIV screening  Many pregnant African women avoid HIV screening  Many pregnant African women avoid HIV screening
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