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    Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis Treatment Adherence and Challenges in Implementation among HIV Exposed Children in the Public Hospital in Ilubabor Zone, South West Ethiopia, 2018.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2018-06) Nigatu, Dessalegn; Getahun, Negalign (BSc,MSc)
    Background: Worldwide, over two million children are infected with HIV, ninety percent of who live in sub-Saharan Africa in 2011. Many HIV-infected infants and children die from HIV-related causes without their HIV status being known or receiving HIV care. Without access to cotrimoxazole prophylaxis and supportive care, about a third of all HIV-infected infants die by 1 year of age and about half of all HIV-infected infants die by age 2 years. Ethiopia is one of low income county in sub-Saharan Africa that suffers a lot. For instance, out of an estimated 135,000 children who are in need of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis, only fifty six percent are currently receiving this intervention. Objective: the aim of this study is to assess adherence and challenges in implementation of CPT among children born from HIV infected mother Methods: Retrospective cross - sectional study design was conducted from January 2016 – April 2018. A total of 293 samples were collected using semi - structured data collection format. The data were cleaned manually, coded and entered into Epi – data version 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Bivariate and Multivariate logistic regression, crude and adjusted odds ratio with their 95% confidence interval and p-value <0.05 were used to identify Variables which had significant association with CPT adherence and challenge in its implementation. Result : The strongest predictors of poor adherence to CPT are long procedure in getting the drug (OR=9.913 (2.825-34.731), p=