Assessing The Importance Of Counselling As A Communication Technique Inprevention Of Mother To Child Transmission Of Hivin Two Selected Hospitals In Kaduna

📄 Project Abstract

HIV/AIDS has remained a major threat to population health in developing countries and Nigeria in particular. The 2013 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) says though mortality rates differ by zones, the under-five mortality rate for the ten-year period before the survey ranges from 185 deaths per 1,000 live births in North West Zone to 90 per 1,000 live births in South West Zone. Children living in rural areas are also more likely to die young than children in urban areas, with under-five mortality at 167 per 1,000 live births in rural areas, compared with 100 per 1,000 live births in urban areas. This mortality is associated with poor women education, low access neonatal health services, HIV infection and other factors. HIV infection having been identified as one of the causes of child mortality and a major health concern needs to be tackled. Government and non-governmental agencies have used various strategies to halt the rate of infection and eventual death especially in c...