Expected Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Among HIV-Positive Women on ART before and during Pregnancy Delivered at Mwananyamala and Amana Regional Referral Hospital, Dar es salaam Region Tanzania from December 2018 to July 2019
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https://doi.org/10.47941/ijhs.3908Keywords:
Adverse Pregnancy Outcome, HIV positive, Pregnancy, Birth outcomes, ART use, Pregnant women.Abstract
Purpose. The aim of the study was to determine any adverse pregnancy outcomes among HIV-positive pregnant women delivered at Mwananyamala and Amana reginal referral Hospitals in Dar es Salaam Tanzania.
Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study was used and total of 322 participants were enrolled in this study. The study was conducted at Dar es Salaam Region Tanzania Amana and Mwananyamala hospital. Non-probability sampling (convenient sampling) in which all HIV positive pregnant women who were on ART before and during pregnancy was included in the study.
Findings: In this study prevalence of adverse pregnancy outcome among HIV pregnancy women on ART was found to be 19.5%; delivery by caesarian section, and 1.24%; by assisted delivery, while 27.02%; had preterm delivery which is higher compared to the study conducted in Tanzania Urban and Rural in 2014 where by the prevalence was 11%. This result was also contrary to the study conducted in Zanzibar prevalence was found to be lower by 3%.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: This study has found that postnatal women who were started ART during pregnancy were at higher risk of getting newborn with adverse outcome compared to those who started ART before pregnancy
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