Abstract
Prevalence of hIv infection in Parturient women and coverage of hiv testing during Prenatal care and delivery in Brasília, Brazil
Highlights
Prevalence of HIV seropositivity among pregnant women in Distrito Federal, Brazil, is unknown
With the need of appropriately making available medicine that is used for such chemoprophylaxis and of implementing preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutical actions recommended in national level[3], it became essential to health services to know the frequency and distribution of HIV infection cases in pregnant women, and the coverage of diagnostic and prophylaxis actions with regard to opportunity and adaptation
Prevalence of HIV seropositivity among the studied parturient women was not significantly different from that estimated for Brazil, it is in accordance with the possibility that there may be a sub-notification of HIV seropositive pregnant women in Distrito Federal (DF)
Summary
Prevalence of HIV seropositivity among pregnant women in Distrito Federal, Brazil, is unknown. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of HIV infection among parturient women and to describe the coverage of serology testing during prenatal care and delivery in the public health system of Distrito Federal, Brazil. Methods: Cross-sectional study, in which the variables sociodemographic data, information on prenatal care, and outcomes in HIV serology were collected from prenatal care cards and medical records of pregnant women residing in the Distrito Federal, whose deliveries occurred in public maternities between June 2009 and May 2010. Conclusion: The prevalence of HIV seropositivity among pregnant women in public maternities in Distrito Federal is not significantly different from that estimated for Brazil. We must remember that in DF there were no prevalence studies of HIV infection in pregnant women and the number of notifications with regard to such losses remained beyond estimations for Brazil and for the Midwest area, a hypothesis that such prevalence between parturient women in DF was lower than the one estimated for the Midwest area and for the country was suggested
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