Factors Influencing the Timing of the First HIV Virological Test for HIV Exposed Infants; A Cross Sectional Descriptive Study of HIV Positive Breastfeeding Mothers and their Infants in 10 Selected High-Volume Health Facilities in a Rural District in Western Uganda

dc.contributor.author	Enos Mirembe, Masereka
dc.contributor.author	Edson Musungu, Bwambale
dc.contributor.author	Edson, Katsomyo
dc.contributor.author	Clement, Munguiko
dc.date.accessioned	2020-07-09T07:42:12Z
dc.date.available	2020-07-09T07:42:12Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.description.abstract	Introduction: Although Option-B plus has registered tremendous success in the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, the failure to follow the HIV testing algorithm for HIV Exposed Infants (HEIs) after birth is likely to make achieving zero new HIV infections among children unrealistic. Due to this, we sought to determine the factors affecting uptake of first Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test among HEIs to inform the selection of strategies to strengthen Early Infant	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Kabale University	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2249-4618 & Print ISSN: 0975-5888
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/435
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Global Journal of Medical Research: K	en_US
dc.subject	HIV virological test, PCR HIV test, HIV exposed, infants, western uganda.	en_US
dc.title	Factors Influencing the Timing of the First HIV Virological Test for HIV Exposed Infants; A Cross Sectional Descriptive Study of HIV Positive Breastfeeding Mothers and their Infants in 10 Selected High-Volume Health Facilities in a Rural District in Western Uganda	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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