FERTILITY INTENTION AND DEMAND FOR FAMILY PLANNING AMONG PEOPLE ON ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT FOLLOW UP IN NORTH WOLLO, ETHIOPIA.

Despite a growing attention to the health care needs of peoples living with HIV/AIDS, little attention has been given to reproductive choice and the intentions of them. Moreover the desire of HIV infected people to have children has an important implication for prevention of vertical and heterosexual transmission of HIV/AIDS and the future service demands for children born from them.
The main objective of this study is to assess fertility intention and demand for family planning among peoples on active ART follow up in north Wollo, Ethiopia.
An institution based quantitative cross sectional study design supplemented with qualitative in depth interviews was conducted to assess the level of fertility intention and contraceptive preferences among ART clients in North Wollo, Ethiopia.
A large number of HIV positive women and men have a desire for children and their decision is affected by different factors such as age, marital status, sex, number of children having, and partner desire for fertility. Those not having children, married/with partner, whose partner desire fertility, females and young age group were more likely to desire children than the other group