Nnamdi-Okagbue RU, Oke O, Sangiwa G, O'Rourke S; International Conference on AIDS (15th : 2004 : Bangkok, Thailand).
Int Conf AIDS. 2004 Jul 11-16; 15: abstract no. E12458.
Institution, Lagos, Nigeria
Issue: Transmission of HIV from mother to child remains a major concern. Under the US President's Initiative to address this challenge, Family Health International (FHI) with funding from the United States Agency for International Development has the mandate to provide technical assistance for voluntary counseling and testing services. Description: In view of FHI's mandate to provide technical assistance for the establishment of voluntary counseling and testing services in 13 health facilities, collaborative work has been undertaken with staff from development partners, faith based, public and private sectors. Tools were developed and health facility assessment conducted and the findings disseminated and used in the design of the strategies for the support. Training has been conducted for 150 health workers which include doctors, nurse/midwives and social workers. Test kits consumption assessment and projections have been done and kits ordered and will be distributed with other consumables to ensure that those assessing services have access to it. The skills of laboratory technologists are also be updated in the use of the test kits and universal safety precautions. All health facility staff sensitization is planned to educate them about HIV/AIDS, the project in order to reduce stigma and promote support for the services. Community mobilization and education will also be carried out to promote access and acceptability of the services and garner support for women who may become positive. Lessons learnt: Training of health care workers on counseling is essential for them to understand the issues regarding HIV/PMTCT. Recommendation: Setting of services and involvement of all stakeholders ensures programmes success and acceptance in the facility and community.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Child
- Counseling
- Disease Transmission, Vertical
- Female
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- Health Personnel
- Humans
- Midwifery
- Mothers
- Nigeria
- United States
- education
- methods
- therapy
- transmission
Other ID:
UI: 102279064
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