Introduction: In the twenty-first century, Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV continues to be among the major public health problem globally. The disease is implicated to the result of the over 32 million deaths, and in the disease caused over , deaths globally.
Awareness of HIV infection sexual risk behaviors and practices among male partners of pregnant mothers, therefore, plays a greater role in reducing new infection to them and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The enrolled study participants were randomly allocated to cases and controls and, SMS communication was sent twice weekly with 5 standard key messages from the PMTCT community guide and followed up. Results : The awareness that HIV infected mothers can transmit HIV infection in labor and during breastfeeding among their male partners was raised to Similarly, men aged below 35 years from the study group showed an The difference was tested and found to be statistically significant with a p -value of 0.
This indicates that following SMS communication intervention men from the study group were less likely to practice HIV infection sexual risk behavior compared to the control group. The HIV remained to be a global public health interest disease that contributed to over , deaths globally in In the Tabora region, the HIV prevalence was 5.
The risk of people including male partners of pregnant women in getting HIV varies according to several risk factors including the type of exposure and behaviors. Matiko et al. Nevertheless, a different similar study conducted in Mwanza indicated that the risks of HIV infection to PWID were mainly associated with their unsafe sex behaviors rather than expected parenteral transmission CDC, Shayo et al.
A study involving men and females was conducted in Buea District, Cameroun indicated that only The study revealed how male participants were performing HIV risk behavior which will further infect pregnant women and expected babies with the HIV infection. A study by Moses et al. In that study, This study further indicates how appropriate awareness can reduce HIV infection to pregnant women and their expected babies.
