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Secondary Data Analysis of HIV/AIDS Control Programme Data, Enugu State, (2010-2013)

Description

As of 2012, 3,400 000 million people (all ages) are living with HIV in Nigeria. The estimated new HIV infections is 260,000 and estimated AIDS death is 240,000.The reported number of adults on ART(Anti-retroviral treatment) was 459,465 and the ART coverage based on WHO guideline was 36%.The number of pregnant women living with HIV who received antiretroviral for preventing motherto-child –transmission was 33,323 and the percentage coverage was 17%. Enugu State has the highest prevalence (6.5%) of HIV/ AIDS in the South East and the fourth in Nigeria.To implement the commitments in the 2011 United Nations Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS and increase progress towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, Nigeria has developed the president’s Comprehensive Response Plan (PCRP). PCRP aims to bridge the current gap in service provision and funding. It assesses needs and gaps, identifies focus areas, and set targets for Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT), ART and HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT) services. We determined the implementation of these preventive services by health care providers in Enugu State.

Objective

• To determine the percentage and trends of newly diagnosed HIV positive pregnant women

• To determine the percentage of pregnant women that are counseled tested with result.

• To determine the percentage and trend in the uptake ART among HIV positive pregnant women.

• To determine the average no of individual that are counseled and tested for HIV.

• To determine the average no of individual that are HIV positive

• To estimate the average no of individual currently on ART, newly started on ART and those enrolled into HIV care.

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