Incidence of home delivery among women living with HIV in Lira, Northern Uganda: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Home delivery has been associated with mother-to-child transmission of HIV and remains high among HIV-infected women. Predictors for home delivery in the context of HIV have not been fully studied and understood in Northern Uganda. We therefore aimed to find out the incidence and risk factors for home delivery among women living with HIV in Lira, Northern Uganda.

Methods

This prospective cohort study was conducted between August 2018 and January 2020 in Lira district, Northern Uganda. A total of 505 HIV infected women receiving antenatal care at Lira regional referral hospital were enrolled consecutively and followed up at delivery. We used a structured questionnaire to obtain data on exposures which included: socio-demographic, reproductive-related and HIV-relate

SUBMITTER: Kasede AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8579617 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature