Author(s)

Amaguiré Saye¹, Seydou Mariko^2*, Nanko Doumbia³, Dessé Diarra¹, Sirima Diarra¹, Mariam Tangara¹, Brahima Dembélé¹, Niani Mounkoro⁴, Sounkalo Dao⁵

¹Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of the Reference Health Center of Commune IV, Bamako, Mali.
²Gynecology Department of Mali Bamako Hospital, Bamako, Mali.
³Department of Medicine and Endocrinology of Mali Bamako Hospital, Bamako, Mali.
⁴Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Center Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Gabriel TOURE, Faculty of Medicine and Odontostomatology, Bamako, Mali.
⁵Department of Infectious Diseases at the University Hospital Center (CHU) Point G, Faculty of Medicine and Odontostomatology, Bamako, Mali.

Introduction: In order to prevent the vertical transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), it is essential that pregnant women must know their HIV serological status. Objective: To determine the proportion of parturients with unknown Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) status in the delivery room and to identify the associated factors. Methods: We conducted a prospective descriptive study carried out at the Reference Health Center of Commune IV in the district of Bamako from July 1, 2017 to July 1, 2018. The sample size was 267 parturients. The word processing was carried out on World software from the 2016 office suite at the end of the data entry and analysis was carried out on the IBM software, SPSS version 22.0. Results: A total of 267 women were eligible for our study, among which 14 parturients were seropositive, i.e., a proportion of 5.2% of cases. The knowledge of parturients on HIV was 95.5% of cases, but more than half did not know the mode of mother-child transmission. Unschooled parturients were the most represented with 41.2%. Conclusion: In view of the large proportion (5.2%) of HIV-positive parturients in our study, voluntary screening activities in the delivery room remain necessary for the future of children born to HIV-positive mothers.

HIV Screening, Parturients, Delivery Room

Saye, A. , Mariko, S. , Doumbia, N. , Diarra, D. , Diarra, S. , Tangara, M. , Dembélé, B. , Mounkoro, N. and Dao, S. (2022) Screening in the Birth Room of Parturients with Unknown Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Serological Status at the Reference Health Center of Commune IV of the District of Bamako. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 12, 181-192. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2022.123018.