The aim of the study was to determine the proportion of pregnant women that was tested for HIV, syphilis and
hemoglobin during routine antenatal care in Moshi municipality, Tanzania. A cross sectional study was conducted in October
2013 – March 2014. Pregnant women in their 3rd trimester who were attending for routine antenatal care at Pasua and Majengo
health centers were enrolled. Interviews were done to determine if women were tested for the 3 tests mentioned in earlier
pregnancy, prior to the study followed by clinical examination and sample collection to test for HIV, syphilis and Hb. Data
were entered and analyzed by using SPSS. A total of 536 women were enrolled. Despite being in the third trimester and had
attended for routine antenatal care several times, the majority of pregnant women were not screened for syphilis (89.4%),
(28.6%) were not screened for hemoglobin level and only 1% reported not to be screened for HIV. Three hundred and sixty
three participants (87.9%) reported to have received iron supplement
The aim of the study was to determine the proportion of pregnant women that was tested for HIV, syphilis andhemoglobin during routine antenatal care in Moshi municipality, Tanzania. A cross sectional study was conducted in October2013 – March 2014. Pregnant women in their 3rd trimester who were attending for routine antenatal care at Pasua and Majengohealth centers were enrolled. Interviews were done to determine if women were tested for the 3 tests mentioned in earlierpregnancy, prior to the study followed by clinical examination and sample collection to test for HIV, syphilis and Hb. Datawere entered and analyzed by using SPSS. A total of 536 women were enrolled. Despite being in the third trimester and hadattended for routine antenatal care several times, the majority of pregnant women were not screened for syphilis (89.4%),(28.6%) were not screened for hemoglobin level and only 1% reported not to be screened for HIV. Three hundred and sixtythree participants (87.9%) reported to have received iron supplement
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