World AIDS Day: Scary numbers of infected mothers and children

Here 's where we are now . World AIDS Day. Several awareness campaigns , such as India , spreading awareness and medical schools and colleges , we 've been doing is taking part in many activities . A new multi- drug supply the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation based on the eight states , including Maharashtra , has been adopted , the media reported. Between April 2010 and July 2013, 957 HIV- positive mothers and mothers 9.278 live births , and they were found to be HIV- positive out of 138 died . 88.7 % of 20-49 years " HIV- infected mothers at birth of all children not positive .

Less than five percent of the children contracted life- long infection . 's Another drug to treat the introduction of these numbers to reduce the age of the first in 2013 , " child transmission , Maharashtra Prevention of Parent state AIDS Control Society , Dr Asha Hegde , joint director said .

Currently , only one dose of this drug - Nevirapine, given the baby after birth . A number of new multi- drug interventions are adding . Who mandated " Now , irrespective of CD4 cell count or block levels , a pregnant woman until the appropriate time to pregnancy of 14 weeks , from the best stage of infection to suppress the three- drug ART regimen totankiyatuavar offers and breastfeeding begins .

Moreover , instead of Birth 72 hours after the baby Nevirapine dose , provided the drug for six weeks after the baby is born , " Hegde said . But he said the biggest challenge in the state is unable to screen all pregnant mothers . 12,38,342 to the 2012-13 fiscal year , an estimated 14 million pregnant women were tested . " We test all the mothers , and to fill gaps in the community to identify hidden cases . 's Report and ensure the security of all mothers are good times to be had and we have tied up with private hospitals ' goal of zero new infections by 2015, children ' , " he said . 3.16 lakh in India are HIV positive total 24 million out of the population affected , the DNA data Accroding country 's six high prevalence states of Maharashtra , there are 16,864 out of 9 HIV- positive were found in September 2013, the population is 1.83 % up to the test in this year's test 20.522 people H HIV positive, 88.7 % aged 20-49 years was found to be infected .


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