Infant Feeding Practices of HIV Positive Mothers and Its Association with Counseling and HIV Disclosure Status in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

General characteristics of included studies that reported the prevalence and/predictors of exclusive breast feeding among HIV positive mothers (n=18).

Author/year of publication	Region	Study design	Study area	Populations	Sample size	No. of outcome	Prevalence (%)	Quality
Maru y et al./2009 [21]	Addis Ababa	Cross-sectional	Addis Ababa	Young infant	327	100	30.6	Low risk
Esubalew F et al./2018 [22]	Amhara	Cross-sectional	Gondar Hospital	6-18 months	420	107	25.5	Low risk
Wakwoya EB et al./2016 [23]	Amhara	cross-sectional	Debre Markos Hospital	< 2 yrs.	260	201	77.3	Low risk
Girma Y et al./2014 [24]	Tigray	Cross-sectional	Mekelle Town	< 2 yrs.	207	187	90	Low risk
Ejara D et al./2018 [25]	Oromia	Cross-sectional	Bishoftu towns	<18 months	283	242	85.5	Low risk
Demssie DB et al./2016 [26]	Oromia	Cross-sectional	Shashemene Referral Hospital	<2 yrs.	146	141	96.6	Low risk
Modjo KE et al./2015 [27]	SNNPRS	Cross-sectional	SNNPRS Hospital	<2 yrs.	436	210	48.2	Low risk
Wondie T et al./2012 [28]	Addis Ababa	Cross-sectional	Addis Ababa	<12 months	116	65	56	Low risk
Demlew MZ et al./2014 [29]	Addis Ababa	Cross-sectional	Addis Ababa	<2 yrs.	356	240	68	Low risk
Muluy D et al./2012 [30]	Amhara	Cross-sectional	Gondar health center	<2 yrs.	209	175	83.8	Low risk
Bekere A et al./2014 [31]	Oromia	Cross-sectional	West Oromia	0-6 months	118	85	72	Low risk
G/Hiwot A et al./2014 [32]	Tigray	Cross-sectional	central zone	<2 yrs.	219	198	90.4	Low risk
Ali Y/2015 [33]	Amhara	Cross-sectional	Wollo Zone	2-11 months	373	279	74.8	Low risk
Hailu C/2005 [34]	Oromia	Cross-sectional	Jima town	12 months	643	86	13.4	Low risk
Tadese F/2017 [35]	Amhara	Cross-sectional	Bahir Dar town	12 months	230	173	75.2	Low risk
Mengstie A et al./2015 [36]	SNNPRS	Cross-sectional	SNNPRS hospital	<2 yrs.	87	49	56.3	Low risk
Mebratu T/2014 [37]	Addis Ababa	Cross-sectional	Addis Ababa city	12 months	221	30	13.4	Low risk
Ketema Z/2016 [38]	Oromia	Cross-sectional	Adama health facility	12 months	193	164	84.7	Low risk

Note: outcome refers to the number of HIV positive mothers who exclusively breastfeed.