Unmet need for modern contraceptives and associated factors among HIV positive reproductive age women attending at ART clinic in government hospitals Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

INTRODUCTION: Every year in Ethiopia, 84,189 pregnancies occur among Human Immune Virus positive women and around 14,140 HIV-positive babies are born. Unmet need for contraceptives is a major cause of unintended pregnancy among HIV-positive women. However, the magnitude of unmet needs among HIV-positive reproductive-age women is not well known in Addis Ababa. Objective: to determine the unmet need for modern contraceptives and its associated factors among HIV-positive reproductive-age women attending antiretroviral therapy clinics at government hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. METHODS: institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted among 724 HIV-positive reproductive-age women at ART clinics of governmental hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from November 2019 to December 2019. Variables that had a p-value of ≤ 0.2 during bivariable analyses were entered into the multivariable logistic regression model to identify their independent effects. The degree of association was declared using an adjusted odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval.