PREVENTION OF PARENT TO CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HIV/AIDS |
Introduction
The PPTCT (Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS) Project aids the Virudhunagar District by providing support to HIV positive pregnant women. This includes preventing the transmission of HIV/AIDS to their unborn child. The following six blocks in the district of Virudhunagar are covered by the PPTCT Project.

| No. of BLOCKS |
6 |
| No. of Panchayath |
235 |
| No. of Villages |
782 |
| Total coverage population |
8,18,502 |
Working Area
Goals
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Prevention of HIV among young people |
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Prevention of unwanted pregnancies in general, and, especially among positive women or women whose husbands are positive |
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Prevention of transmission of HIV infection from mother to her infant |
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Care and Support for HIV affected mother-baby/couple |
Objectives:
Activities:
S.No. |
Activity |
Beneficiaries |
1. |
No. of ANC mothers mobilized to hospital |
25000 |
2. |
No. of mothers tested |
18791 |
3. |
No. of mothers found HIV positive |
84 |
4. |
No. of spouses referred to hospital |
185263 |
5. |
No. of spouses tested |
12000 |
6. |
No. of spouses found HIV positive |
37 |
7. |
No. of institutional delivery |
72 |
8. |
No. of mothers given Nevirapin |
57 |
9. |
No. of babies given Nevirapin |
60 |
10. |
No. of babies tested at 18 moths |
28 |
11. |
No. of babies found HIV negative at 18 months |
26 |
12. |
No. of babies found HIV positive at 18 months |
2 |
13. |
No. of person tested at VCTC |
24371 |
14. |
No. of Houses/families visited |
1564 |
15. |
No. of cases referred to STD |
23530 |
16. |
No. of cases referred to ART |
672 |
Strategy for a Successful BLOSSOM PPTCT Programme
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