Recent Trends in HIV-Related Knowledge and ... - Measure DHS

Figure 3.3. Knowledge of mother-to-child transmission, Rwanda 2005 and 20108595899280948291948091736364 64622005 2010 2005 2010Women Men2005 2010 2005 2010Women Men2005 2010 2005 2010Women Men2005 2010 2005 2010Women MenMTCT during pregnancyMTCT during deliveryMTCT by breastfeedingMTCT can be reduced bymother taking special drugsMisconceptions about HIV/AIDSTable 3.2 present several misconceptions about HIV/AIDS among women and men age 15-49.The proportion of women living in rural areas who knew that a healthy-looking person can have HIVincreased from 82 to 87 percent. However, although very high in both survey waves, the proportion ofwomen living in urban areas who knew that a healthy-looking person can have HIV remained steady.There was no significant change in the proportion of men who knew that a healthy-looking person canhave HIV. Similarly, there was no significant change in proportions of men and women who knew thatHIV cannot be transmitted by mosquito bites, or who knew that HIV cannot be transmitted bysupernatural means.Attitudes towards People Living with HIV/AIDSThe data in Table 3.2 show a generally upward trend in accepting attitudes towards those livingwith HIV. The proportion of women living in rural areas who expressed their willingness to care for arelative who is sick of AIDS in their own households increased slightly, from 93 to 96 percent. However,a corresponding increase was not observed among women living in urban areas or among men.11