Factors affecting antenatal screening for HIV in Nepal: results from Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys 2016 and 2022.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Antenatal screening for HIV remains low in Nepal. Identifying factors associated with the uptake of antenatal screening is essential to increase uptake and prevent mother-to-child transmission (MTCT). This study investigated the effects of individual-level and district-level characteristics on the utilisation of antenatal screening for HIV in Nepal and how these effects changed between 2016 and 2022.

Design

We used publicly available cross-sectional data from 2016 to 2022 Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys.

Setting

Stratified, multistage, random sampling was used to collect nationally representative data.

Participants

1978 and 2007 women aged 15-49 years who gave birth in the 2 years preceding the surveys.

Primary and secondary outcome measures<

SUBMITTER: Sabin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10749024 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature