Effective prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV at Oshakati District Health Centre in the Republic of Namibia

Shoopala, Naemi Ndahambelela

dc.contributor.advisor	Zungu, L. (Lindiwe)
dc.contributor.advisor	Lumadi, Thanyani Gladys
dc.contributor.author	Shoopala, Naemi Ndahambelela
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-15T11:24:09Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-15T11:24:09Z
dc.date.issued	2012-02
dc.identifier.citation	Shoopala, Naemi Ndahambemlela (2012) Effective prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV at Oshakati District Health Centre in the Republic of Namibia, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6082>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6082
dc.description.abstract	The aim of this study was to assess the extent on how effective was the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection at Oshakati District Health Centre. Explanatory survey was used to conduct the research. A total of 160 nurses experienced in prevention of mother-to-child transmission and women who attended antenatal care and post natal care services participated in the study. Respondents expressed unsatisfactory with the promoting involvement of male partners, high quality voluntary counselling and testing services, couple counselling and testing, integration of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy services, administration of short course of Zidovudine to pregnant mothers and the provision of antiretroviral drugs to infants. Therefore, promoting involvement of male partners, couple counselling and testing, administration of short course of Zidovudine to pregnant mothers and educating women about exclusive breastfeeding prior to delivery are some of recommendations for effective prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infections.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (viii, 78 leaves)	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	HIV	en
dc.subject	Nevirapine	en
dc.subject	Exclusive breastfeeding	en
dc.subject	HIV virus transmission	en
dc.subject	Zidovudine	en
dc.subject	Prevention of mother-to-child transmission	en
dc.subject	Antepartum	en
dc.subject	Intrapartum	en
dc.subject	Postpartum	en
dc.subject	Highly active antiretroviral therapy	en
dc.subject	Nevirapine	en
dc.subject	Challenges	en
dc.subject	Effective prevention of mother-to-child transmission	en
dc.subject	Namibia	en
dc.subject.ddc	618.9297920096881
dc.subject.lcsh	Oshakati District Health Centre	en
dc.subject.lcsh	AIDS (Disease) -- Namibia -- Oshakati	en
dc.subject.lcsh	HIV (Viruses) -- Transmission -- Namibia -- Oshakati	en
dc.subject.lcsh	HIV-positive childrenr -- Namibia -- Oshakati	en
dc.title	Effective prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV at Oshakati District Health Centre in the Republic of Namibia	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
dc.description.department	Health Studies	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Public Health)