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, including information on the prevention of the transmission of HIV/AIDS to their unborn child.  PPTCT Project covers six blocks in the Virudhunagar district.

No. of BLOCKS 6
No. of Panchayats 235
No. of Villages 782
Total population coverage 8,18,502

Working Area

Virudhunagar
Sattur
Kariapatti
Aruppukottai
Tiruchuli
Narikudi


Goals

Prevention of HIV among young people
Prevention of unwanted pregnancies in general as well as among positive women or women whose husbands are positive
Prevention of transmission of HIV infection from mother to her infant
Care and Support for HIV infected mother-baby/couple


Objectives:

Scaling up of preventive interventions among the women of child bearing age and their families by providing a package of primary prevention, family planning, Volunteer Counseling and Testing (VCT), Anti-retroviral prophylaxis and counseling on infant feeding
Providing a comprehensive HIV, AIDS care package including ART treatment for HIV infected mothers, their partners and infants
To enhance access to ART through PP


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 persons 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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