Hunan AIDS next year to start a free screening of pregnant women
- 2010 years of pregnant women testing positive for blocking the implementation of maternal and child work to achieve 100 percent coverage

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2008-12-30 7:13:36
 
 


Changsha Province newspaper inquiry will be launched next year, pregnant women HIV screening examination in 2010 of pregnant women testing positive for blocking the implementation of maternal and child work to achieve 100 percent coverage. Provincial AIDS prevention and control work conference held yesterday. AIDS experts in our province, the provincial AIDS prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases CDC chief Xi said the province next year, an estimated 800,000 to a free screening of pregnant women.

As of the end of November, the province's cumulative free anti-retroviral treatment of AIDS-infected 1222 people, 933 people in governance. The report found the province a total of 6531 people infected with AIDS, sexual contact was an upward trend year by year, the cumulative report and the number of infections in a new report ranks the seventh position.

At present, the province has six state-level demonstration zone for AIDS, will increase to 14 next year, the national AIDS testing will be increased to 30 posts.

Mother-to-child HIV infection channels province increased year by year. In HIV-infected persons, about 40 percent are women, and mostly aged between 20 to more than 30-year-old women of childbearing age. Domestic and international studies have shown that HIV-infected pregnant women in developing countries if not for effective intervention, mother to child transmission rate of 30-40%. To accept full intervention (in the early pregnancy testing and counseling, medication and testing during pregnancy, childbirth period to deal with maternal and neonatal, post-natal medicine and artificial feeding mother, etc.) of pregnant women, it is possible to reduce the rate of mother to child transmission 2-3 percent.

Provincial Health Department as requested in the province-wide establish and improve maternal and child AIDS prevention and control system block. Hongjiang District,辰溪County, Shimen, Linxiang City, Qiyang county, Cili County, the demonstration zone and other countries to continue to do a good job in AIDS free consultation, antibody detection services, detection rate to reach more than 85% for the screening test results free maternal diagnosis, in order to maintain pregnancy and delivery of HIV-infected pregnant women and infant antiretroviral treatment is provided free of charge.

Press correspondent刘少龙Kangping