Sero-Prevalence of Syphilis and HIV and Associated Factors in Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Clinics in Debre Berhan Public Health Institutions, Ethiopia

Seblewongale Zinabie; Emishaw Belachew; Teferi Yidenek; Moges Lewetegn; Tsegahun Asfaw

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Sero-Prevalence of Syphilis and HIV and Associated Factors in Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Clinics in Debre Berhan Public Health Institutions, Ethiopia

Seblewongale Zinabie, Emishaw Belachew, Teferi Yidenek, Moges Lewetegn, Tsegahun Asfaw

Published in American Journal of Biomedical and Life Sciences (Volume 6, Issue 3)

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Syphilis is one of the sexually transmitted infections caused by bacteria known as Treponema pallidum and it is transmitted through sexual contact, via blood transfusion, or transplacentally from a pregnant woman to her fetus. Among STIs, syphilis and HIV are significant public health problems in Ethiopia and causes several adverse pregnancy outcomes. Thus this study aims to assess magnitude of both infections among pregnant women attending antenatal care. Facility based retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in Debre Berhan public health institutions and data was collected using pretested checklist. Finally data was entered to EPI Data3.02 and analyzed using SPSS version21. P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant difference. Among the total participants, 179 (47%) were in the age group of 25-34 years, 220 (57%) were living in urban settings and majority 256 (67%) of the pregnant mothers were married. The overall prevalence of syphilis and HIV in pregnant mothers were 7 (1.8%) and 28 (7.2%) respectively. The highest number of syphilis and HIV prevalence were reported in 2015. Previous history of STD for syphilis (AOR 9.4; 95% CI 1.6-25) and HIV (AOR 8.2; 95% CI 2.2-31.8), previous history of still birth for syphilis (AOR 4.9; 95% CI 1.1-23.4) and HIV (AOR 5.6; 95% CI 1.8-17.1) and partner HIV test positive for HIV (AOR 11.9; 95%CI 1.18-20.6) are risk factor. The result shows syphilis and HIV infections were prevalent among pregnant women, indicating that they are still significant public health problems. Therefore, there should be health education for every pregnant woman regarding prevention of the two infection and partner testing is recommended.

Published in	American Journal of Biomedical and Life Sciences (Volume 6, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajbls.20180603.14
Page(s)	56-62
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Associated Factors, HIV, Pregnant Mather, Sero-prevalence, Syphilis

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Seblewongale Zinabie, Emishaw Belachew, Teferi Yidenek, Moges Lewetegn, Tsegahun Asfaw. Sero-Prevalence of Syphilis and HIV and Associated Factors in Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Clinics in Debre Berhan Public Health Institutions, Ethiopia. Am J Biomed Life Sci. 2018;6(3):56-62. doi: 10.11648/j.ajbls.20180603.14

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Seblewongale Zinabie

Department of Medicine, Debre Berhan University, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia
Emishaw Belachew

Department of Medicine, Debre Berhan University, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia
Teferi Yidenek

Field Epidemiology, North Shewa Zone Health Bureau, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia
Moges Lewetegn

Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Debre Berhan University, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia
Tsegahun Asfaw

Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Debre Berhan University, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia

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AU  - Teferi Yidenek
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VL  - 6
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