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Table 3 HIV testing and disclosure of mothers attending reproductive and child health clinics for childhood immunizations

From: "It is her responsibility": partner involvement in prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV programmes, northern Tanzania

Practice

N

n (%)

Mother offered HIV test

426

416 (97.7)

Asked partner for permission to test

416a

327 (78.6)

Partner agreed for her to test

327b

327 (100.0)

Mother tested

416a

416 (100.0)

Shared the test results with partner

416a

399 (95.9)

Counsellor suggested testing of partner

426

407 (95.5)

Partner as primary confidant

426

263 (61.7)

  1. a 10 mothers were not offered a test
  2. b 10 mothers were not offered a test and 89 mothers did not ask their partners for permission