Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV in Rural Area of Democratic Republic of the Congo: Knowledge,Attitude,and Practice Survey among Service Users

Aims. to determine the prevalence of hiv,the level of sexual risk for hiv,and determinants of vct attendance among adult population living in a rural area. methods. a cross-sectional study was conducted in mbanza-ngungu,democratic republic of the congo. an anonymous questionnaire was designed to extract relevant data. results. in our cohort,69% were respondents of more than 24 years of age and the single marital status was most represented (64.1%). a high proportion of respondents (90.6%) visited vct service for requiring information (good acceptability). positive test for hiv was reported in 9.4% of respondents. in this cohort,49.6% of respondents had declared themselves to never use condom. in binary analysis,there was association between positive hiv test and age (p=0.04) and religions (p=0.02). in this cohort,it was observed that positive hiv test was significantly associated with confidentiality (p=0.02). however,there was no association between positive hiv test and condom use (p=0.25),knowledge of vct (p=0.81),service requested (p=0.20),and previous hiv test (p=0.68). conclusions. preventive information for aids should be recommended in the population living in rural zone. © 2015 mida kautako-kiambi et al.