Objectives: to determine HIV testing prevalence during antenatal care and hospital admission for delivery and identify factors associated to pregnant women testing and results delivery.Methods : a descriptive study comprised of 400 puerperal women seen at the Women Care Center of Instituto Materno Infantil Professor Fernando Figueira, IMIP.Results: one hundred and fifty four (38.5%) women were admitted for delivery without having received the results of the anti-HIV test. One hundred and thirty four women (87.0%) had been prescribed a "fast HIV test" but only 130 were tested (84.5%). The following was determined: the number of antenatal medical visits ((p<0,001), the number of professionals providing antenatal care and education level (p=0,006) were significantly associated to anti-HIV testing during antenatal care, but not with results delivery. Counseling and test access during antenatal care and hospital admission for delivery were significantly associated to anti-HIV testing during antenatal care as well.Conclusions: anti-HIV testing prevalence during antenatal care and/or screening was satisfactory in quantitative terms, however, results delivery during antenatal care, admission for delivery, and post-test counseling fell short of recommendations.
Background: In Angola the maternal mortality ratio is among the highest in the world. Medical students are an important target for intervention. Objectives: To evaluate how students perceive the curricular unit of Gynecology and Obstetrics (G&O) in a public institution of reference in Angola.
Methods:The study involved a sample of 147 students of the faculty of Medicine of the University Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola, attending the curricular unit of G&O in the 5th and 6th years of the medical course. Data were obtained through surveys of opinion. The information of the scales was summarized through the construction of scores from the original items using the Principal Components Analysis. Results: Students evaluated positively the curricular unit although emphasizing the lack of human and physical resources. The 5th year scored with higher values Teacher Performance and 6th year Students' Performance. Both years considered to have insufficient skills to meet the learning objectives. Conclusion: Constraints were identified in the outcomes of the teaching/learning program. Several points emerged as crucial from this study: widespread the areas of teaching/learning, increase the number and quality of teaching staff, improve the monitoring of students and provide adequate infrastructures and medical equipment to support the teaching/learning program.
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