Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The global targets of zero deaths from AIDS-related illness by the year 2015 can only be met if all HIV infected infants can be diagnosed and initiated on anti-retroviral therapy as early as four to six weeks.WHO/UNICEF reported in 2010 that only 8% of eligible infants were tested worldwide.There seems to be more attention directed towards service delivery and less attention on empowering mothers to make voluntary decision to access the services.The influence of maternal knowledge of infant HIV infection and the impact on the attitude towards knowing the status of their children so early in life remains uncertain.The aim of this study was to explore the knowledge and attitude of the HIV positive mothers to early infant diagnosis in order to make strategic recommendations to the health authorities on how to scale up the services in the various health facilities.A qualitative study was conducted in two health centres in King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.This qualitative study drew in-depth interview with twenty-four HIV positive mothers/ exposed infants' pair attending the immunization clinics.The results obtained were presented to two focus groups for discussion and validation of findings.Thematic analysis explored
Author: Vincent Oladele Adeniyi
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2171190775