Browsing by Subject "HIV counselling"
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Challenges faced by health workers in providing counselling services to HIV-positive children in Uganda: a descriptive study
(BioMed Central, 2010)Background: The delivery of HIV counselling and testing services for children remains an uphill task for many health workers in HIV-endemic countries, including Uganda. We conducted a descriptive study to explore the ... -
Enablers and barriers to implementation of provider initiated HIV testing and counselling for hospitalized patients in Kasese District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2020-09)The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends Provider-Initiated Testing and Counselling (PITC) in order to increase early diagnosis and intervention. Studies indicate that in low resource-settings like Uganda, HIV positive ... -
Factors influencing uptake of HIV counselling and testing services among TB patients in Mityana District
(Makerere University, 2011-07)Introduction: Uganda, one of the 22 high burdened countries estimates 50-70% of TB patients are co-infected with HIV (MoH 2006). In 2006, the MoH disseminated a policy on TB/HIV collaborative activities. In 2006, Mityana ... -
Factors influencing uptake of Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing (VCT) services among school going adolescents in Soroti District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2012-04)Voluntary HIV counseling and testing is important because it is an entry point to other HIV services and an opportunity for individuals to learn their HIV status, correct knowledge, and gain accurate risk perceptions, ... -
Male partner willingness to participate in couple HIV counselling and testing for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Dodoma-Tanzania
(Makerere University, 2013)Introduction: Mother to child transmission of HIV (MTCT) is a serious problem in both developing and developed countries regardless of the availability of PMTCT program. Couple HIV Counseling and Testing as a method of ... -
Prior health seeking behaviour and clinical presentation of patients with first time HIV testing at Medical Admission.
(Makerere University, 2010)Introduction: Delayed therapy is detrimental and costly to patients. In HIV care, this problem has been confounded by the practice of leaving it to patients to decide whether or not to test for HIV. Many HIV infected ... -
Utilization of HIV counseling and testing services among adolescents in Arua Municipality, Arua district: a case control study
(Makerere University, 2014-11)Introduction and Background: An estimated 35 million people were living with HIV worldwide in 2012. Almost 40% of the 6,800 new HIV infections each day are among adolescents. HIV counseling and testing remains low as only ...