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Hepatitis C Virus Among Pregnant Women/people Living With Hiv/aids
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1.2 Statement of the problem
The global prevalence of hepatitis
C virus (HCV) infection was estimated between 1.2 and 3.8% according to
World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burden Disease (GBD), with more
than 185 million people infected worldwide ( Khayriyyah, Groeger and
Flaxman, 2013). A study conducted in specific sub-Saharan African
countries estimated a high prevalence of HCV (6.0%) in central African
countries. In North Africa, Egypt has the highest HCV prevalence (17.5%)
followed by Morocco (7.7%) (Madhava, Burgess and Drucker, 2002).
More
disturbingly, the prevalence of HIV among pregnant women in Botswana
remains at 45%, while in Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa,
the HIV prevalence among pregnant women is 5.6% as at 2004 sentinel
report (Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria, 2014). However, while
prevalence of either HIV or HCV has been chronicled among pregnant women
in different parts of the world, little information exist for the
prevalence of HIV and HCV co-infection among pregnant women in Nigeria.
Therefore we hypothesize that HIV and HCV co-infection may be present in
pregnant women seeking antenatal care in Benin City.
1.3 Objective of the study
The
general objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of
hepatitis c virus among pregnant women people living with HIV/AIDs
attending clinic in UNTH Ituku-ozalla.
The specific objectives are:
To determine the prevalence of hepatitis C virus in pregnant women attending ante-natal in UNTH Ituku-ozalla
To determine the age distribution where the infection occurs most
To determine the prevalence of hepatitis virus in people living with HIV and AIDS attending UNTH Ituku-ozalla
To determine hepatitis C Virus infection associated factors among
pregnant women attending ante-natal clinics in UNTH Ituku-ozalla
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