Uptake of HIV and syphilis testing of pregnant women and their male partners in a programme for prevention of mother‐to‐child HIV transmission in Uganda

Abstract

Uptake of HIV and syphilis testing was fairly good among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics at Entebbe Hospital, but very low among their male partners. The level of HIV-discordant couples was high. These clinics should be made more couples-friendly to identify both HIV-positive men for treatment and discordant couples for HIV prevention.