Abstract
Mother-to-child transmission is responsible for over 90% of the worlds HIV-infected children. It is estimated that the number of orphans may rise so that by 2010 about one-third of Africas children could be orphaned. HIV prevalence in Nigeria among pregnant women was 4.4% in 2005 and hospital-based urban studies in Nigeria have shown an increasing trend of HIV infection in pregnant women over recent years. Few studies have been conducted in rural settings and rural-women are more likely to be neglected compared with urban women. HIV counseling and voluntary antenatal testing offer opportunities to prevent mother-to-child transmission. We conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of HIV infection in pregnant women attending a rural antenatal clinic in northern Nigeria. (excerpt)
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