Health Systems Barriers to the Implementation of Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Primary Health Care Facilities in Ghana
Table 2
Health workers’ knowledge of the PMTCT program.
Variable
Frequency (n = 122)
Percentage (%)
Awareness of PMTCT
Yes
122
100
No
0
0
WHO and UNICEF pillars of the PMTCT
Primary prevention of HIV among women of reproductive age
42
17.7
Prevention of unintended pregnancies among women living with HIV
56
23.5
Prevention of HIV transmission from a woman living with HIV to her infant
90
37.8
Provision of appropriate treatment, care and support to women living with HIV and their children and families
50
21.0
Test for pregnant women for PMTCT services
ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)
13
9.42
HIV rapid test
114
82.7
WB (western blot) test
3
2.2
Others
8
5.8
HIV transmissible from mother to her child
Yes
106
86.9
No
16
13.1
Mode of transmission
Utero
48
16.9
Labor
39
13.6
Delivery
104
36.3
Breastfeeding
84
29.4
Others
11
3.9
Mode of highest rate of transmission
Utero
7
5.7
Labor
5
4.1
Delivery
72
59.0
Breastfeeding
32
26.2
Don’t know
6
4.9
All HIV positive mothers will deliver HIV positive babies
Yes
9
7.4
No
113
92.6
Gloves necessary for handling body fluids
Yes
8
6.6
No
114
93.4
Infected person may test negative for HIV/AIDS
Yes
39
32.0
No
83
68.0
Factors increasing mother-to-child transmission via breastfeeding
