The National AIDS Control Programme (NACP), has come up with a scheme named 'Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS' which is expected to cost Rs 342.81-crores
The National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) of India, has come up with another project. This scheme named 'Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS' is expected to cost Rs 342.81-crores.
The Global Fund aids the financial assistance for this scheme.The fund will also be spent for reducing the transmission of HIV to women from their partners and to provide HIV/AIDS care including antiretroviral therapy to those already infected.
There is a 35 per cent chance of HIV transmission from a HIV positive mother to her child if no preventative action is taken.15-20 percent of babies born to such mothers are infected during pregnancy, 50 per cent during delivery and 33 per cent through breastfeeding.
In India, 38 % of women are infected from their regular partner who has been infected through sex. Mother-to-child HIV transmission is the second major factor that spreads the disease.
The vast majority of HIV-infected pregnant women in India cannot afford the anti-retroviral drugs and in some places, they are not available. The government now plans to focus in this area.
Source-Medindia
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