Publications by authors named "Emebet Birhanu Lealem"
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- The study investigates the trends and factors affecting HIV testing among pregnant women in Ethiopia between 2005 and 2016, emphasizing its importance in preventing mother-to-child transmission of the virus.
- From 2005 to 2016, HIV testing rates among pregnant women rose dramatically from 0.51% to 32.4%, attributed mainly to increased awareness of HIV transmission, counseling, and healthcare access.
- Geographic analysis revealed consistent low-testing hotspots, particularly in regions like Tigray and SNNPR, highlighting that spatial variations in testing are significantly non-random across the surveyed years.
Background: Uptake of HIV testing is vital for the early diagnosis of HIV infection and initiation of treatment, which are used to eliminate the disease's progression and reduce HIV-related mortality. Even if determining HIV testing is imperative to prevent HIV/AIDS among multiple sexual partners who are at higher risk of sexually transmitted infections, most of the countries in Sub Saharan Africa did not fulfil the global targets of UNAIDS. Moreover there is a paucity of literature on spatial variation and factors associated with HIV testing among high-risk groups in SSA.
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