Determinants of HIV counselling and testing participation in a Prevention of Mother‐to‐Child Transmission programme in rural Burkina Faso

Abstract

Summaryobjectives To analyse the factors associated with the uptake of HIV counselling, HIV testing and returning for test results in a rural hospital setting in Nouna, Burkina Faso.

Barriers to male involvement in uptake of Prevention-of-Motherto-Child-Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa

“…Sarker et al (2007) also attributed low uptake of PMTCT and failure of women to return for their HIV results to poor partner"s support. In addition, men are also afraid of testing for HIV for fear of a positive result.…”

Uptake of Services for Prevention for Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Lubumbashi (D.R. of Congo)

“…A screening rate of 83.3% and an HIV prevalence of 20% were observed among them. Some studies in Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya also report low male participation rates ranging from 3.5% to 16% [17][18][19].While male involvement in ANC and PMTCT of services resulted in increased uptake of antenatal care services in Nepal and United States of America [20][21][22], increase uptake and adherence to PMTCT interventions in Tanzania and Kenya [18,23] uptake of HIV testing by women in Tanzania and Uganda [24,25] an opportunity of male testing in Burkina Faso [26]. Recent systematic review has identified barriers to male involvement in PMTCT programs in sub-Saharan Africa [27,28].…”

Advocating prevention over punishment: the risks of HIV criminalization in Burkina Faso

“…10 The primary means of HIV surveillance is testing pregnant women during antenatal visits. Prenatal testing was available at only five sites in 2001, but by 2004, 40% of pregnant women in the country were being tested for HIV, 11 12 Burkina Faso has thus made significant progress. However, in 2006, the price of male condoms rose by 50%, 13 creating a barrier, especially for the young and poor.…”