Incidence of Asymptomatic Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus Infections among Women Delegate in a Christian Conference in Niger State, North Central, Nigeria

Olufunmilayo, Abayomi and Adeyemi, Akobi and Omotayo, Olowosulu and Anna, Igunnu and Oluwabunmi, Akanbiola and Oladokun, Ogedengbe and Francis, Akpata and Amos, Imhanrobobhor and Chimerenma, Akobi and Abiobun, Abayomi and Ogochukwu, Uzoigwe (2015) Incidence of Asymptomatic Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus Infections among Women Delegate in a Christian Conference in Niger State, North Central, Nigeria. British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, 6 (12). pp. 1190-1195. ISSN 22310614

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Abstract

Background: The global HIV/AIDS epidemic has killed an estimated 21.8 million people and another 36.1 million are living with HIV infection. Sexual transmission is by far the most common mode of transmission globally.
Aim: To study the prevalence rate of HIV among the women delegate in the conference and to determine the incidence rate among the age group as well as occupational category of participants.
Materials and Methods: About 2 ml venous blood samples was collected from each subject and inoculated in a micro-container evacuated blood collection System with additive (K2EK2EDTA- Greiner bio-one USA). The serum samples were screened according to the manufacturer instruction using Determine kit HIV 1 & 2 and reactive serum was further confirmed with Uni-Gold. Data was coded, computed and analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 and p values ≤0.05 is considered to be statistically significant.
Results: Out of the 327 women delegates within the age group 16 & 65years in this studied population, our research showed that the prevalence rate of HIV infections was 2.8%, statistically not significant (p=0.837, mean value=4.91, median=5.00, S.D= ±2.03).
A higher percentage of (8.7%) and (4.2%) with HIV positive in relation to age were found within the age brackets 26 – 30 years and 36 – 40 years respectively. The highest number of HIV positive individual were found among the house wives (9.5%) followed by civil servant (3.7%).
Conclusion: Overall HIV infections prevalence rate of 2.8% in this conference population is a serious health challenge. Therefore, we recommend sex education in our religious communities at all level to both teenagers and adults; sex education should not be over spiritualized to reduce the menace in our society. Also, private sectors such as non-governmental organization need to provide support so as to reduce the financial burden on government.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: AP Academic Press > Medical Science
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Date Deposited: 03 Jun 2023 08:05
Last Modified: 21 Oct 2024 03:52
URI: http://info.openarchivespress.com/id/eprint/1443

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