%0 Journal Article
%T HIV/AIDS Screening in the African Birthplace (Hospital in Kayes, Mali)
%A Mahamadou Diassana
%A Ballan Macalou
%A Sitapha Dembele
%A A. Sidibe
%A M. Diallo
%A Soumana Oumar Traore
%A Cheickna Sylla
%A Amadou Bocoum
%A Ibrahima Teguete
%A Youssouf Traore
%J Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
%P 279-287
%@ 2160-8806
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojog.2021.113027
%X <strong>Purpose:</strong> <span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The purpose of this study was to determine HIV prevalence among
participants admitted to the delivery room and recent birth attendants. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Materials
and </span></b></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">M</span></b></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ethods: </span></b></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">This was a descriptive, cross-sectional, analytical study, with a
prospective collection from February 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019 at fousseyni
Daou Hospital in Kayes, Mali. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results: </span></b></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">D</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">uring our
study period</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> we </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">recorded 4269 deliveries.
HIV-positive patients known before labour ac</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">counted for 0.21%. Four
hundred and six participants received counselling/testing in the delivery room;
of which 36 refused the test: 8.87% and 370 accepted or 91.13%. Thirteen
patients tested positive or 3.51%. The 20</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">35 age
group was the most represented at 76.92%. Positive patients tested received ARV
treatment in the delivery room in 92.31% of cases; and 1 patient or 7.69% did
not receive treatment for refusal. Vaginal delivery was the most common at 77%, </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">with caesarean section 23%. Newborns had a
good prognosis in their
%K Screening
%K HIV/AIDS
%K Parturients
%K Delivery Room
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=107799