Low effective coverage of HIV testing and counselling services during antenatal care in Ethiopia: evidence from the demographic and health survey and service provision assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission contributes to avert nearly 4000 new HIV infections in 2022. HIV testing and counselling (HTC) during antenatal care (ANC) is an effective strategy to reduce the vertical transmission of HIV. While the utilisation of HTC services in Ethiopia has been explored, there is limited evidence exploring the effective coverage of HTC during ANC. We aimed to assess the quality-adjusted (effective) coverage of HTC during ANC in Ethiopia.

Methods

We linked the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey and the 2021-2022 Ethiopian Service Provision Assessment (ESPA) surveys to determine the crude coverage and assess the quality of HTC provision. The ESPA service quality framework, which has structural and process-related components, w

SUBMITTER: Alemu MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11816946 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature