Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
Duration of breast feeding and outcome of HIV-exposed infants seen at a tertiary health facility in Sokoto
Yusuf, T; Jega, M. R.
  • Yusuf, T; s.af
  • Jega, M. R; s.af
Borno Med. J. (Online) ; 17(1): 1-8, 2020. tab
Artigo em Inglês | AIM | ID: biblio-1259676
ABSTRACT

Background:

Appropriate infant feeding is still a challenge to HIV-positive mothers especially in the developing world despite their desire to breast feeding beyond the WHO recommended 12 months' duration.

Objective:

To determine the duration of breast feeding and correlate with outcome of HIV-exposed infants in UDUTH, Sokoto.

Methods:

This descriptive observational study was conducted among HIV-exposed infants attending Paediatric ART(PMTCT) clinic, UDUTH, Sokoto. The demographics, infant post-exposure prophylaxis, duration of breast feeding and results of early infant diagnosis (EID) of the infants using HIV-DNA PCR machine; and maternal highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) history were documented. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 24.0. A p-value of ≤0.05 was taken as significant.

Results:

One hundred and sixty-three HIV-positive mother-infant pairs were studied, 103(61.7%) of the HIV-positive mothers were aged 25-34 years, 105(62.9%) were of lower socio-economic class and 94(56.3%) had informal education. One hundred and fifteen (62.5%) were on TDF/3TC/EFV and 143 (85.6%) were on HAARTs prior to the index pregnancy. One hundred and sixty-three of the HIV-exposed infants studied were breast-fed and 165 (98.8%) had nevirapine as infant PEP. The mean duration of breast feeding among HIV-exposed infants was 13.2(±3.5) months with a range 6 ­ 20 months. Ninety-eight (60.1%) infants were breastfed beyond 12months. All the HIV-exposed infants were not infected at the end of breastfeeding for 12 months or more.

Conclusion:

Majority of the HIV-positive mother's breastfed beyond WHO recommended 12 months and their infants were uninfected. This may support the upward review of the duration of breast feeding of HIV-exposed infants in our community
Assuntos
Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: AIM (África) Assunto principal: Aleitamento Materno / Soropositividade para HIV / Avaliação de Resultados da Assistência ao Paciente / Duração da Terapia / Lactente / Nigéria Tipo de estudo: Estudo observacional País/Região como assunto: África Idioma: Inglês Revista: Borno Med. J. (Online) Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Artigo

Similares

MEDLINE

...
LILACS

LIS

Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: AIM (África) Assunto principal: Aleitamento Materno / Soropositividade para HIV / Avaliação de Resultados da Assistência ao Paciente / Duração da Terapia / Lactente / Nigéria Tipo de estudo: Estudo observacional País/Região como assunto: África Idioma: Inglês Revista: Borno Med. J. (Online) Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Artigo