Male partner involvement among hiv positive women receiving option b+ prevention of mother to child transmission of hiv and its associated factors, eastern zone, Tigray, Ethiopia

Background: Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV is one of the strategies to prevent pediatrics HIV infection.Poor male partner involvement in option B+Prevention of mother to child transmissionservices is one of the factors contributing to reduced effectiveness of the PMTCT services and hence failure to achieve the elimination of maternal to child transmission of HIV. Therefore, this study was assessedmale partner involvement in the option B+ PMTCT services and its associated factors, Eastern zone, Tigray, North Ethiopia. Methods: An institutional based cross sectional studywasemployedto select121 HIV positive mothers attending option B+ PMTCT services using simple random sampling technique. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was employed using SPSS version 20 to see the association of variables to the outcome variable at a p value <0.05. Results: The proportionof male partner involvement in the option B+ PMTCT services was33.1%. PMTCT related services (AOR, 0.24; 95%CI; 0.08,0.67), Place of residence(AOR;0.20, 95%CI:0.04,0.97), low income (AOR;0.15, 95%CI;0.05,0.44) and source of information on PMTCT from health professional (AOR;7.2, 95%CI;1.14,45.23) were the factors significantly associated with male partner involvement in the option B+ PMTCT services. Conclusions: There was a poor male partner involvementin the option B+Prevention of mother to child transmissionservices. So, strengthening of the current PMTCT program and further revising strategies for male partner involvement in option B+ PMTCT services should be considered.