DEVELOPING PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR HIV STATUS IN INDEX  CASE TESTING AMONG CONTACTS USING MACHINE LEARNING

MITIKU, ZELEKE TAYE

dc.contributor.author	MITIKU, ZELEKE TAYE
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-05T09:44:59Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-05T09:44:59Z
dc.date.issued	2023-06-29
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/15691
dc.description.abstract	Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syn drome (HIV/AIDS) continue to pose a threat to Amhara society. The number of people who are aware of their HIV status has increased thanks to a variety of strategies. The most accurate approach of counting the number of HIV contacts who might be at risk of con tracting HIV from HIV-positive people among these methods is index case testing. How ever, the manual nature of the current HIV index case testing has a number of challenges, time-consuming and costly to operate. In order to forecast and depict HIV index case test ing, this study presents the findings of the machine-learning model. The process used to construct the model adhered to the principles of agile software development. The data, consisting of 15 characteristics and 14922 samples, was collected in the Amhara regions from CommCare and SmartCare. The dataset was then divided into testing sets of 2984 samples (80/20) and training sets with 11938 samples each. The conventional Algorithms which were applied Random Forest (RF), XGBoost, and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). The three conventional algorithms results were Random Forest accuracy (85%), XGBoost accuracy (83.89%), and ANN accuracy (81.2%). The accuracy of random forest algorithm was the highest. As a result, when compared to the other two algorithms, RF appears to have the best performance. Data visualization shows that 55% of sexual partners, 23% of children, and 22% of spouses were among the index case contacts who received test and received their test results. Our understanding of the value of machine learning in predicting and visualizing HIV index case tests has improved as a result of our work. The developed model can aid in the development of a workable intervention that will prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS in our communities. According to the paper, multiple health centers apply this idea to improve the way they operate. Key terms: HIV, Index Case testing, Machine-leaning, Random Forest, XGBoost, Arti ficial Neural Network, accuracy	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Information Technology	en_US
dc.title	DEVELOPING PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR HIV STATUS IN INDEX CASE TESTING AMONG CONTACTS USING MACHINE LEARNING	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US