B-roll Prevention of Mother-to-child transmission
- il y a 12 ans
The African country of Malawi has one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS infection in the world. In 1997, the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launched its HIV/Aids programme in the southern district of Chiradzulu. In 2001, a program to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) was set up in the district hospital. In March 2008, the same care was available in health centres throughout the district.
PMTCT programmes offer tremendous hope for coming generations. Without proper treatment, there is a 40% risk that an HIV-infected woman will transmit the virus to her baby during pregnancy or birth. The rate of transmission in the PMTCT programme in Chiradzulu has dropped to 3.3% over recent years.
In late September 2011, 1,331 pregnant women were receiving treatment in the MSF PMTCT programme in Chiradzulu. Between January and September 2011, 745 babies were born in connection with the programme, 730 babies have benefitted from prophylactic ARV treatment.
At long last, a generation born with the hope of a healthy life.
PMTCT programmes offer tremendous hope for coming generations. Without proper treatment, there is a 40% risk that an HIV-infected woman will transmit the virus to her baby during pregnancy or birth. The rate of transmission in the PMTCT programme in Chiradzulu has dropped to 3.3% over recent years.
In late September 2011, 1,331 pregnant women were receiving treatment in the MSF PMTCT programme in Chiradzulu. Between January and September 2011, 745 babies were born in connection with the programme, 730 babies have benefitted from prophylactic ARV treatment.
At long last, a generation born with the hope of a healthy life.