Antenatal Care: Interventions Iron-folic acid (IFA) supplementation Injection tetanus toxoid (Inj.TT) administration Malaria prophylaxis and treatment Folic acid supplementation (400 µg) upto 12 weeks of pregnancy to prevent neural tube defects Regular consumption of iodised salt Antenatal Care: Interv...
Issues to consider when presenting information understand the motivations Mothers often think that fetal anomaly tests such as ultrasound scans are an integral or mandatory part of their antenatal care. When women are anxious or under stress, they are less able to remember the information provided Pa...
Trend of HIV Prevalence in Antenatal Women in a Tertiary Care Hospital in the Western Region of Indiadoi:10.7759/cureus.57125antenatalanti-retroviral therapy (art)hivhiv viral loadprevalencetrendBackground The severity of AIDS and the social and personal implications of HIV makes the epidemiological ...
Conclusion: PPTCT centers can act as excellent venues to impart information, education and counseling to expectant mothers. If the system is followed properly 100 % counseling rates and excellent testing rates can be achieved. With proper sensitization of health care providers almost all mother baby...
Seroprevalance of HIV in antenatal women and its outcome at tertiary care teaching institute.OBJECTIVES-To assess the sero prevalence of HIV infection, the role of counselling in antenatal women, analyse demographic factors and utilization of services to reduce the risk of mother to child ...
Background HIV Sentinel Surveillance among pregnant women attending antenatal care clinics, ANC-HSS, is used to estimate HIV prevalence among the general population. Despite the declining trend, HIV prevalence among the general population in Karnataka is still higher than the national average (0.27%)...
This rate can be reduced to below 5% with effective interventions1.Present study was carried out to know the seroprevalence of HIV infection over twelve years amongst antenatal women attending a tertiary care hospital in western India along with analysis of their demographic data. Methods: After ...