BACKGROUND In Ethiopia, Progress in Reducing Mother-to-Child-Transmission (PMTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is being curtailed by behavioral and cultural factors that continue to put unborn children at risk, and mother-to-child transmission is responsible for more than 90% of HIV infection in children. The objective of this study was to assess PMTCT services by examining knowledge a...

INTRODUCTION In Tanzania, only 27% of currently married women are using modern Family Planning (FP) methods. HIV counseling and testing outlets are potential avenues for addressing the unmet FP needs through integration of FP and HIV services, reaching out to sexually active people. This study assessed capacity for integrating family planning into HIV voluntary counseling and testing services (...

Point-of-care (POC) CD4 testing was implemented at a stand-alone HIV voluntary testing and counseling centre in Harare, Zimbabwe. To validate the use of this new technology, paired blood samples were collected from 165 patients either by a nurse or a laboratory technician and tested using POC and conventional laboratory CD4 machines. Finger prick (capillary) blood was collected directly into th...

INTRODUCTION Hepatitis C virus remains a large health care burden to the world. HIV and HCV coinfection is major global health concern worldwide. However, there is limited information on the prevalence of HCV/HIV co-infection in Ethiopia. The aim of the study was to assess the magnitude of HIV/HCV coinfection and the potential risk factors in attendants of voluntary counseling and testing centr...

China has experienced a dramatic increase in the number of HIV infections. To control the AIDS epidemic, free HIV voluntary counseling and testing has been made available in China. This study compared the cost-effectiveness of this program for 2 populations-the general population and men who have sex with men (MSM), to examine the value for money of this program. A Bernoulli-process model has b...

BACKGROUND Nearly half of perinatal HIV infection is preventable with nevirapine (NVP), which has transformed the ability to confront this transmission route in resource-limited settings. METHODS A NVP-based perinatal HIV prevention program initiated in Lusaka, Zambia in November 2001. RESULTS The first 12 months cost US$221 000 and enabled 178 district health employees to be trained in vol...

BACKGROUND Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) is the key entry point to prevention, care, treatment and support services, where people learn whether they are infected or not and to understand the implications of their HIV status and make informed choices for the future. METHODS A cross sectional study design was done among 753 students drawn from selected departments in Debre Markos Unive...

Introduction. Voluntary anonymous HIV counseling and testing can be an effective tool to reduce the behavior that has high risks of HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) B (HBV) transmission. The dissemination general information on HCV, HBV risky is not as much importance specific individual infection-related sexual risk behavior. objective was identify HIV/HCV/HBV-related factors have discussed during psych...