Knowledge, attitudes, and barriers: Palliative Care services for women with HIV in resource-limited settings.

Background: Women living with HIV (WLWH) in low- middle-income countries (LMICs) face increased mortality risks from comorbidities despite progress in antiretroviral therapy. Palliative care (PC) is vital for these patients, yet its integration in LMICs, such as Nigeria, is suboptimal due to unique challenges.

Objective: This study investigated the knowledge, perceived barriers, and facilitators influencing PC integration into routine HIV care within healthcare (HC) settings.

Maternal knowledge and infant uptake of valid hepatitis B vaccine birth dose at routine immunization clinics in Enugu State - Nigeria.

Background: World Health Organization recommends hepatitis B vaccine birth dose for all infants within 24 hours of birth as the most cost-effective measure to prevent perinatal hepatitis B virus infection (HBV). We assessed and identified the predictors of maternal knowledge and infants' uptake of valid hepatitis B vaccine birth dose (HepB-BD).

Methods: We conducted a hospital-based cross-sectional survey among 366 mother-infant attendees of routine immunization clinics selected by multi-stage sampling technique in Enugu State, Nigeria.

Maternal reasons for non-receipt of valid Hepatitis B birth dose among mother-infant pairs attending routine immunization clinics, South-east, Nigeria.

Background: Hepatitis B vaccine (HepB) is an effective tool in prevention of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. When administered at birth, it prevents mother-to-child transmission of acute and chronic HBV infection. However, despite a decade and half of implementation of HepB birth dose (HepB-BD), uptake has remained persistently low in Enugu State, Nigeria.