Infant Feeding Practice and Associated Factors among HIV Positive Mothers Enrolled in Governmental Health Facilities in Mekelle Town, Tigray Region, North Ethiopia

Girma, Yonas

doi:10.17303/jaid.2014.401

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“…Level N % In this study, nearly half of the respondents were noted to practicing ERF (46.8%) and slightly greater than a quarter of mothers living with HIV practiced EBF (30.6%), This finding concurs with the earlier studies done in Botswana, Zambia, South Africa and Uganda which showed that most HIV positive mothers decided to replacement feed and (30-40%) practiced exclusive breast feeding but it was contrary to finding in Mekelle Town, Tigray Region, North Ethiopia exclusively breastfed; 6.3% were mixed fed and 3.4% were exclusively replacement fed [13][14][15][16].…”

Section: Variablessupporting

confidence: 87%

Assessment of Infant Feeding Practice Among HIV Positive Mothers and HIV Status of Their Infants in Adama Hospital, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, 2016

Mengistu¹,

Kedir²

2017

J Preg Child Health

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Background: Vertical transmission is Human immunodeficiency virus transmission from a human immunodeficiency virus-positive mother to her child during pregnancy, labour, delivery or breastfeeding. In the absence of an intervention during these times, rates of Human immunodeficiency virus transmission from mother-to-child can be between 15-45%.Objective: To assess the infant Feeding Practice of human immunodeficiency virus positive mothers and examine Human immunodeficiency virus status of their infants. Methods:A cross sectional study was done in Adama Hospital in Antiretroviral therapy clinic and prevention of Mother to child transmission of Human immune deficiency virus clinic from January 1-30, 2016 by simple random sampling technique through face-to-face interview using interviewer administered structured questionnaire. A total of 327 women who are living with Human immunodeficiency virus having infants less than 12 months who were visiting health institution during data collection time was recruited and assessed for infant feeding practice and Human immunodeficiency virus status of their infant. The collected data was entered into a computer and cleaned analyzed using statistical package for the social science Version 16. Results:Of the 327 subjects, the proportion of mothers who experienced Exclusive replacement feeding, Exclusive breast feeding and mixed feeding were 46.8%, 30.6%, 15.3%, respectively. A range of social and obstetrics factors such as mode of delivery were noted to have significant Relation with Exclusive replacement feeding practice. There was statistically significant association between mode of delivery and Exclusive breast-feeding practice using chi square test. Among those infants who were delivered from human immune deficiency virus infected mothers participated in this study, 6.1% of them were positive for Human immune deficiency virus. Conclusion:Exclusive replacement feeding and Exclusive breast feeding were common infant feeding practices and no distinct difference of Human immunodeficiency virus status of infants was observed between Exclusive breast feeding and Exclusive replacement feeding.between 15-45%. MTCT can be nearly prevented if both the mother and the child are provided with ARV drugs throughout the stages when infection could occur [1].According to the federal HIV/AIDS prevention and control office of Ethiopia, there were a total of 433,763 HIV positive females and 65,088 HIV positive children 0-14 years in 2016. When we see the regional figure, Oromia is the highest, having a total number of 111,053 female HIV positives and 9,540 women who are in need of PMTCT. when we see the level of knowledge about Maternal to child transmission of HIV (MTCT) based on the Ethiopian demographic health survey of 2016, it was found 51.7% and this result is the 3 rd least result compared to all regions of Ethiopia [2,3].

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Section: Variablessupporting

confidence: 87%

Assessment of Infant Feeding Practice Among HIV Positive Mothers and HIV Status of Their Infants in Adama Hospital, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, 2016

Mengistu¹,

Kedir²

2017

J Preg Child Health

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“…The reason may be in this study majority of the respondents counseled about different recommended feeding options during ANC, delivery, PNC and ART follow up. It was however higher than 4%, 7.8%, 0.7% and 6.3% reported in Kenya, Addis Ababa, Shashemene and Mekelle, respectively Other****-husband, neighbors [13, 16,22,25]. The major reason for this study is the mother expected that breast milk is insufficient for the infant and fear of stigma and discrimination.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…The prevalence of HIV positive mothers practicing exclusive replacement feeding(ERF) for the first six month was 13.9% which is higher than that of Kenya (0.4%), southern nations, nationalities and peoples' region (8.1%), Shashemene (2.7%), Mekelle (3.4%) and Debre Markos (8.5%) [15,[18][19][20][21][22][23]. The reason for the difference in this study may be fear of mother to child transmission of HIV (87.5%) and mother was sick.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Infant Feeding Practice and Associated Factors among HIV Positive Mothers Attending ART Clinic in Governmental Health Institutions of Bahir Dar Town, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, 2017

Sendo¹,

Mequanint²,

Sebsibie³

2017

J AIDS Clin Res

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“…Another major health threat that affects young people is STIs including HIV. It is estimated that one quarter (26%) of the HIV-positive people in Ethiopia are between the ages of 10 and 24 [8]. Even though youths are at risk of different reproductive health problems, there are no studies that documented levels of utilization and factors associated with youth friendly service utilization in Tigray region.…”

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confidence: 99%

Utilization of Youth Friendly Services and Associated Factors in Mekelle Town, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Kahsay¹,

Berhe²,

Alemayehu³

2016

IJTA

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Background: Ethiopia is the second populated country in sub-Saharan Africa with 82 million people; more than half of them are under the age of 25. Youth throughout the world are susceptible to health risks because they lack adequate knowledge, adventure, and lack of guidance about sexual and reproductive health and related concerns. Limited in being a youth-friendly, affordable, or confidential. Moreover, the environment within which sexual and reproductive health services are provided is often not sensitive to the special needs of this youth population. Little is known about the level of utilization to the standard and the predators that influence the utilization.

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Infant Feeding Practice and Associated Factors among HIV Positive Mothers Enrolled in Governmental Health Facilities in Mekelle Town, Tigray Region, North Ethiopia

Cited by 19 publications

References 9 publications

Assessment of Infant Feeding Practice Among HIV Positive Mothers and HIV Status of Their Infants in Adama Hospital, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, 2016

Assessment of Infant Feeding Practice Among HIV Positive Mothers and HIV Status of Their Infants in Adama Hospital, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, 2016

Infant Feeding Practice and Associated Factors among HIV Positive Mothers Attending ART Clinic in Governmental Health Institutions of Bahir Dar Town, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, 2017

Utilization of Youth Friendly Services and Associated Factors in Mekelle Town, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

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