Acceptability of Measures Aimed at Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV among Pregnant Women

Awareness and knowledge of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among mothers attending the pediatric HIV clinic, Kano, Nigeria

“…This is commendable and may be attributed to many factors, including the high level of education of the respondents. Such high levels of awareness have been reported in Lagos, [8] Nnewi [9] and Ekiti [10] in Nigeria and in other parts of the world. [6,11,12] In spite of the high levels of awareness and knowledge of HIV/AIDS reported in most parts of Nigeria, the prevalence continues to rise among pregnant women, as shown by sentinel surveys.…”

“…This agrees with a worldwide trend in which sexual intercourse is the route of transmission mostly known to respondents. [8][9][10][11][12] There is lack of accurate information about sexual health; this has led to many myths and misconceptions, in turn leading to stigmatization of, and discrimination against, people living with HIV/AIDS; and this will increase the rates of infection in the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa and in other parts of the world.…”

Knowledge, attitude, and perception of HIV / AIDS among married women

“…Since awareness is the only key to the prevention of HIV/AIDS, there is an urgent need to increase the awareness about HIV/ AIDS, especially among the low socio economic, illiterate people of the community using all methods of mass media and intensive information, education and communication (IEC) activities by use of local folk media [13].…”

KAP Study on HIV/AIDS Among Antenatal Women Attending Central Referral Hospital of North East India

“…Some authors have argued that most of the knowledge is on sexual transmission of HIV, while knowledge on specific aspects of PMTCT is sparse among women of reproductive age [7,8]. The table given below shows that HIV is most prevalent in the reproductive age group in Sikkim [5].…”