Assessing Challenges Faced by Nurses in Delivering Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS Services in Buea Health District, Cameroon

Samuel Nambile Cumber; Munongo Gyengsi Yvonne; Rosaline Yumumkah Kanjo Cumber; Tabi-Arrey Victory-Noel Maojong

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Assessing Challenges Faced by Nurses in Delivering Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS Services in Buea Health District, Cameroon

Samuel Nambile Cumber, Munongo Gyengsi Yvonne, Rosaline Yumumkah Kanjo Cumber, Tabi-Arrey Victory-Noel Maojong

Published in Journal of Family Medicine and Health Care (Volume 2, Issue 4)

Received: 14 September 2016 Accepted: 12 October 2016 Published: 23 November 2016

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HIV/AIDS is a major global public health concernWorldwide over 40 million people are estimated to be infected with 28 million people from Sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2001. This is the region with the highest prevalence. This study was carried out in the Buea Health District of the South west region Cameroon. Was a descriptive cross sectional study design. A convenient sampling method was used for this study where in the nurses on duty who agreed to fill the questionnaires. A sample size of 60 was targeted, 20 was disqualified. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 16 and is presented on table and charts. Nurses are unable to identify neither all the roles of the nurse in PMTCT nor all the package of activities of the PMTCT program (identify women with HIV for example). However, they were very knowledgeable on MTCT and the effects of HIV on children. They identified some challenges they faced in two main areas; remuneration and poor collaboration between nurses and clients. From their responses a number of challenges were deduced as well. It was then concluded that nurses in the Buea health district do face challenges in delivering PMTCT services. Therefore the null hypothesis was then discarded and the alternate hypothesis adopted that nurses do face challenges in delivering PMTCT services. These challenges need to be addressed so that vision of zero incidence of HIV in new born could be achieved for an AIDS free world.

Published in	Journal of Family Medicine and Health Care (Volume 2, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.jfmhc.20160204.17
Page(s)	65-73
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Nurses, Prevention, Mother, HIV, Transmission, Cameroon

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Samuel Nambile Cumber, Munongo Gyengsi Yvonne, Rosaline Yumumkah Kanjo Cumber, Tabi-Arrey Victory-Noel Maojong. Assessing Challenges Faced by Nurses in Delivering Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS Services in Buea Health District, Cameroon. J Fam Med Health Care. 2016;2(4):65-73. doi: 10.11648/j.jfmhc.20160204.17

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Samuel Nambile Cumber

Discipline of Public Health Medicine, Department of Nursing & Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Munongo Gyengsi Yvonne

Under Privileged Children and Women Assistance (UPCAWA-SWEDEN), Buea, Cameroon
Rosaline Yumumkah Kanjo Cumber

Under Privileged Children and Women Assistance (UPCAWA-SWEDEN), Buea, Cameroon
Tabi-Arrey Victory-Noel Maojong

Under Privileged Children and Women Assistance (UPCAWA-SWEDEN), Buea, Cameroon

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