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Epidemiological profile of pregnant women with HIV Admitted to a Non-Amapá Maternity Unit
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Keywords

HIV
pregnancy
epidemiology

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Epidemiological profile of pregnant women with HIV Admitted to a Non-Amapá Maternity Unit. (2020). Electronic Journal Collection Health, 12(2), e2543. https://doi.org/10.25248/reas.e2543.2020

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Abstract

Objective: To analyze the epidemiological profile of pregnant women with HIV treated at the Luzia Women's Mother Hospital (HMML) in the city of Macapá-AP from 2008 to 2018. Methodology: This is a descriptive study of documentary cunho and quantitative nature. Or local study and HMML, for obtaining two dice, use of secondary documents, contained in the notifications of the Notification Information System (SINAN), which are made available by the Supervision of Surveillance in Saúde (SVS). Results: From 2008 to 2018, there were 253 reports of pregnant women with HIV in the HMML, most of them aged between 20 and 29 years old, mixed race (75.1%), complete or incomplete elementary school. (39.5%), coming from the capital of Macapá, performed prenatal care (81.8%) and was diagnosed during prenatal care (40.7%). Final considerations: the knowledge of the characteristics that permeate this A specific group can support the development of policies and actions to combat HIV / AIDS in women with the same profile and to increase the prevention of vertical transmission of the virus through early detection and timely adherence to appropriate treatment.

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