ABSTRACT
This study was carried out on the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programme and its effects on maternal and child health at Aloba General Hospital, Oyo State. The study was carried out to examine the mode of HIV transmission from mother to child, examine how HIV transmission affects maternal and child health, and investigate the preventive measures for mother to child transmission of HIV. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprised of women at Aloba General Hospital, Oyo State. In determining the sample size, the researcher purposefully selected 160 respondents and 141 were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables, and mean scores. The result of the findings reveals that the mode of HIV transmission from mother to child include; pregnancy, during childbirth and breastfeeding. The findings of the study further deduced that HIV transmission affects the child’s health and maternal health of child bearing women. Therefore, it is recommended that there is need for the involvement of the stakeholders in bridging the gap between knowledge and utilization of PMTCT services among women; a revised health education programme for pregnant women living with HIV should be implemented to enlighten women and mean on the need to utilize PMTCT services; health personnel should always encourage husbands of women living with HIV to utilize PMTCT services to prevent mother to child transmission of the virus. To mention but a few.
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