Open AccessAwareness and acceptability of strategies for preventing mother to child transmission of HIV among antenatal clients in Calabar, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Daprim Samuel Ogaji,
B Ikpeme,
A E Oyo-Ita,
VO Omuemu,
Saturday Etuk,
JE Ekabua
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v17i1.37350
Subject(s) - breastfeeding , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pregnancy , pediatrics , electrical engineering , biology , engineering , genetics
Mother to child transmission is the major route through which children below the age of 15 years acquire HIV infection. The most effective way to reduce childhood HIV infection is to prevent the infection in mothers and for already infected mothers use appropriate strategies to prevent transmission to their children. This study was conducted to determine the level of awareness and acceptability of strategies for preventing mother to child transmission of HIV.