Missed opportunities for HIV counselling and testing service delivery among pregnant women in Nigeria: Evidence from the 2018 National nutrition and health survey

I O Morhason-Bello, O B Yusuf, J O Akinyemi, K K Salami, A A Aderinto, K Alarape, O Obisesan, A Alada, A S Jegede, O Fawole, I Kana, O Solanke, J Suleiman, D Okara, A Adebiyi, A M Abdullahi, O O Ejiade, I F Adewole

Abstract

According to UNAIDS, the 90-90-90 strategy calls for 90% of HIV-infected individuals to be diagnosed by 2020, 90% of whom will be on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) and 90% of whom will achieve sustained virologic suppression. HIV counselling and testing (HCT) is an important entry point for effective prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. However, evidence abounds that HCT is often missed by pregnant women during antenatal care in Nigeria. We used secondary data from the 2018 Nigerian National Nutrition and Health Survey (NNHS) to determine the pattern of missed opportunities within the HCT algorithm and the factors associated with the missed opportunities. Of the 8,329 eligible women, 2,327 (27.9%) missed HCT because of lack of antenatal care; 1,493 (24.9%) missed HIV pre-test counselling; 180 (4.0%) missed HIV testing after participating in pre-test counselling, while 793 (18.2%) missed collection of HIV result and post-test counselling. Generally, most of the women that missed HCT were from the North West (43.3%) and had their antenatal care with traditional birth attendants. The odds of missing ANC were higher in women in the Northern and Southern regions. Concerning pre-test HIV counselling, the odds of missing it were higher among women in the Northwest and Southeast while the odds of missing post-test counselling of HIV test were higher among women in the Northeast and Southeast relative to other regions.  Using TBA as a care provider was associated with higher odds of women missing pre-test and post-test counselling of HIV during ANC compared to those that used doctors or midwives or CHEWs. Missed opportunities are common in different stages of HIV counselling and testing pathway in Nigeria, particularly in the Northern regions. Future studies would need to identify the specific reasons for these missed opportunities, enabling the targeting of more specific policy reform and interventions.

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