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    ASSESSMENT OF FERTILITY DESIRE AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/ AIDS WHO ATTEND ANTI RETROVIRAL THERAPY CLINIC OF SELECTED HOSPITAL, GURAGE ZONE, ETHIOPIA
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2023-07) ZEMZEM TESHOME; TSION MENGISTU; BEZA MELES
    Introduction: The desire to give birth is the intention that both men and women will give birth to more offspring, despite being diagnosed with human immune virus. However, the introduction of antiretroviral therapy has extended the lives of People Living with HIV /AIDS, allowing them to consider having children. The People Living with HIV/AIDS may want to get pregnant and want to start a family. It is imperative to understand that how these intentions and desires differ depending on an individual's, social, demographic and health related knowledge. Objective: To assess fertility desire among people living with HIV/AIDS who attend anti retroviral therapy clinic: the case of selected hospitals in Gurage zone.Method: Institutional based cross-sectional study was employed from May 26/ 2023 up to June 26/ 2023 in selected hospital. Convenient sampling technique was used to select participants of the study. Data was collected using structured interviewer administered questionnaire. Results: The study revealed that the fertility desire of PLWHA in the study area was 72.8%. On the other hand, about 49.0% of the respondents have poor knowledge about reproductive health knowledge related to fertility desire. Conclusions and Recommendations: from these results it can be inferred that the finding of this study has an implication for the health care provider to consider the effects of fertility desire as well as knowledge about reproductive health while discussing the reproductive option, family planning service, and safer conception; providing adequate information about PMTCT of HIV; and assisting them in making informed reproductive decision to minimize the risk of MTCT of HIV and unplanned pregnancy. Therefore, it is recommended that health care providers better to arrange ways to enhance the understanding of fertility desire as well as to acquaint knowledge about reproductive health related issues among not only in women but also among men living with HIV.
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    Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites among Human Immune Virus Positive Patients Attending Antiretroviral Treatment inWorabeComprehensive Specialized Hospital
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2023-08) AMIRA MOHAMMED,; ABDULHAMID SADIK,; TADESSE ENDALE,; BRUIK HAILU
    Background: Intestinal parasites are a major concern in most developing countries where HIV/AIDS cases are concentrated and almost 80% of AIDS patients die of AIDS-related infections. The Humanimmunovirus is one of the greatest challenges facing mankind. An estimated 33 million adults and children are living with the virus globally. Sub-Saharan Africa was the most affected region. People with advanced stages of HIV infection are vulnerable to parasitic diseases that are generally termed parasitic infections. This is because they take advantage of offered by a weakened immune system. Opportunistic infections account for about 80% of deaths among HIV/AIDS patients than the virus itself, and of these, more than 47% happen due to intestinal parasitic infections which usually affect the gastrointestinal system and spread to other body parts. Intestinal parasites are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in many tropical countries including Ethiopia where HIV/AIDS is endemic. Objective This study aimed to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in HIV/AIDS patients taking ART in Worabe Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, south-central Ethiopia. Method: -A health facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted among HIV/AIDS patients taking ART at Worabe Comprehensive SpecializedHospital from March to August 2023.Stool samples were collected and wet mount smear was processed with 0.98% physiological saline and intestinal parasites were identified. Data was analyzed usingSPSSSoftware. A Conventional sampling technique was used. Non-probability sampling techniques/convenience sampling / was used as a sampling technique. Our final sample size including 10% of the non-responding rate was 246. Result: Out of 114 study participants 62 (54.4%) individuals were infected with intestinal parasites. The prevalence was high in G.lamlia(23.7%), followed by E. histolytica(28%),S. stercolaris(8.8%),Taenia species (3.5%), and lastly Hookworm species(1.8%