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THPDE0106

Male partner HIV testing among pregnant women and sero- discordance rates; moving towards eMTCT and reduction of new HIV infections, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.

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THPDE0106

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  1. Male partner HIV testing among pregnant women and sero- discordance rates; moving towards eMTCT and reduction of new HIV infections, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. • Juliet Nabweteme-Mugerwa1, Zikulah Namukwaya1, Racheal Ayanga1, Philippa Musoke 1 ,2, Joyce Matovu1, Ayoub Kakande1, Peter Mudiope3, Sarah Kamya1, Josaphat Byamugisha4, Mary Glenn Fowler1,5 • 1Makerere University Johns Hopkins Research Collaboration (MU-JHU), Mulago Hospital, Uganda • 2 Makerere University College of Health Sciences; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health • 3 Uganda Aids Comission • 4 Makerere University College of Health Sciences; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology • 5Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore MD THPDE0106

  2. Background • Globally, only 40% of people with HIV know their HIV status and in some settings up to 50% of HIV-positive people have HIV-negative partners. • In Uganda, approximately 90% of men and women do not know their partners HIV status. • Among heterosexual couples, less than 20% of male partners of pregnant women receive HIV testing during ANC, labour or post delivery.

  3. HIV results of heterosexual couples tested at Mulago ANC, Labour suite and PNC

  4. Innovative Strategies Currently being Implemented at Mulago Hospital • Couple testing in ANC and at labor/delivery and at the point of discharging the mother • Writing letters to male partners inviting them to attend ANC • Community sensitization • Testing men in the evenings and at night

  5. Acknowledgements: • Women and men participating in the PMTCT program • Mulago PMTCT program staff • Mulago Hospital • MUJHU Research Collaboration • Makerere University Joint Aids Program • PEPFAR/CDC

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