PREVALENCE OF HIV/AIDS AMONGST PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTE NATAL CLINIC IN UNIVERSITY OF BENIN TEACHING HOSPITAL (UBTH)

Abstract

A retrospective research work was carried out to investigate the prevalence of
HIV/AIDS amongst pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in University of Benin
Teaching Hospital (UBTH) between January 2006 to June 2009.In the month of June,
100 patients were screened using determine kit (preliminary test) and Stat Pak Kit
(confirmatory test) to detect the presence of antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2 antigens,
out of which total number of 4 (4%) patients were confirmed positive. In 2009 the
monthly incidence of HIV amongst pregnant women was in the order February > April >
March > June > January > May. A total of 9000 patients were screened within January
2006 to June 2009, out of which 2510 (27.88%) pregnant women were screened in
2006, 2550 (28.33%) were screened in 2007, 2577 (28.63%) were screened in 2008
and 1363 (15.14%) were screened between January to June 2009. The month of April
had a significantly higher incidence (P < 0.05) of HIV amongst the pregnant women.
The highest incidence of HIV amongst pregnant women occurred in 2007 with a total
number of 255 (35.28%), the second highest was in 2006 with a total number of 240
(33.28%). Women aged 21-30 had a significant higher incidence (P < 0.05) 53.09% of
HIV compared to the age 11-20, 31-40 and 41-50 between January 2008 to June 2009.
The seroprevalence of HIV amongst pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in
UBTH between January 2006 to June 2009 is 8%.