Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of HIV exposed infants and their mothers who had a follow up at Gondar University Referral Hospital
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age at enrolment | ||
≤ 6 weeks | 353 | 69.4 |
> 6 weeks | 156 | 30.6 |
Sex | ||
Male | 263 | 51.7 |
Female | 246 | 48.3 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 424 | 83.3 |
Rural | 85 | 16.7 |
Place of Birth | ||
Hospital | 403 | 79.2 |
Health center | 57 | 11.2 |
Home | 49 | 9.6 |
Maternal status | ||
Alive | 498 | 97.8 |
Dead | 11 | 2.2 |
Maternal enrolment to ART care (n = 453) | ||
Enrolled | 368 | 81.2 |
Not enrolled | 85 | 18.8 |
Maternal PMTCT intervention* | ||
None | 92 | 18.1 |
sdNVP | 85 | 16.7 |
sdNVP + AZT for 7 days | 10 | 2.0 |
sdNVP + AZT for 4 weeks | 3 | .6 |
Already on ART | 189 | 37.1 |
sdNVP + AZT for 7 days + 3TC | 130 | 25.5 |
Infant ARV prophylaxis at birth (n = 495) | ||
Received | 421 | 85.1 |
Not Received | 72 | 14.5 |
Not known | 2 | 0.4 |
Infant ARV prophylaxis during follow up (n = 491)* | ||
None | 75 | 15.3 |
sdNVP | 99 | 20.2 |
sdNVP + AZT for 7 days | 277 | 56.4 |
sdNVP + AZT for 4 weeks | 40 | 8.1 |