Non-Occupational HIV Post-exposure Prophylaxis: A 10-Year Retrospective Review of Data Following Sexual Exposure From Yaounde Central Hospital, Cameroon

Authors

  • Charles Kouanfack, MD, PhD Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Dschang, Cameroon; Day Hospital, Hospital Central Yaounde, Cameroon; Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS), Yaound
  • Hermine Meli, MD Day Hospital, Hospital Central Yaounde, Cameroon; Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Box 1110, Yaound
  • Samuel N. Cumber, MPH, PhD School of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria Private Bag X323, Gezina, Pretoria, 0001, Pretoria, South Africa; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa; Section for Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Department of Public Health, Institute of Medicine (EPSO), The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Fala Bede, MD, MPH Day Hospital, Hospital Central Yaounde, Cameroon; Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS), Yaound
  • Claude N. Nkfusai, MSc Day Hospital, Hospital Central Yaounde, Cameroon; Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS), Yaound
  • Patience Y. Ijang, MSc Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Box 1110, Yaound
  • Emerson Wepngong, MD Day Hospital, Hospital Central Yaounde, Cameroon; Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS), Yaound
  • Olga Yvonne M. Bassong, MPH, PhD Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Box 1110, Yaound
  • Benjamin-Alexandre Nkoum, MPH, PhD Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Box 1110, Yaound

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21106/ijma.311

Abstract

Background: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) consists of administering antiretroviral therapy within 72 hours of viral exposure and continued for four weeks. PEP has been shown to be an important means of preventing and decreasing the number of new HIV infections in the general population. The purpose of this study was to describe the profile of patients who consulted at the HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Center of the Yaounde Central Hospital (YCH) for PEP following non-occupational exposure to HIV. To attain our objective, we carried out a 10-year retrospective review of patient records of all persons who consulted for accidental HIV exposure at the YCH, Cameroon.

Methods: This study was an observational, retrospective analysis of hospital records of persons who consulted for PEP following accidental exposure to HIV in the outpatient HIV clinic at YCH between January 2007 and December 2016. Data extracted from patients

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Vol. 8 No. 2

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