MAPPING EVIDENCE OF UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES AMONG HIV-POSITIVE WOMEN IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A SCOPING REVIEW

This scoping review presents evidence of the occurrence of unintended pregnancies among women living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), including those using contraceptives in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. The framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley was employed as a guide. The electronic databases (Cochrane Library, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, and PubMed) were searched, and we identified published articles that met the inclusion criteria. Articles published between 2000 and 2022, written in the total of 2933 articles were retrieved, 19 of which were included in this scoping review based on the English language in sub-Saharan Africa, were included in this study. A eligibility criteria. The themes that emerged from the articles included in this study are: occurrence of unintended pregnancies among HIV-positive women, causative factors for unintended pregnancies among HIV-positive women, contraceptive choices among HIV-positive women with unintended pregnancies, and the impact of antiretroviral therapy on unintended pregnancies. Unintended pregnancy is a common phenomenon among women, particularly those living with HIV. reasons for this were reported from cross-sectional studies, there is a need for real Though some of the -time studies to investigate the phenomenon.