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Contact: Claudia Monlouis

 

Wednesday, 27 February 2008 – The National AIDS Programme Secretariat’s strategy to prevent mother-to-child transmission of the HIV virus is said to be reaping major rewards. 

 

Also Known as NAPS, the agency is continuing its analysis of 2007 figures regarding the prevalence of the disease.  NAPS Director Nahum Jn. Baptiste says there is hope for babies delivered by infected mothers.

 

“We have boosted our mother-to-child transmission programme over the past two years. We have recorded about 11 pregnant women, who delivered babies or who are pregnant, and we have had no transmission over the last two years from mother to child. Again, we want to attribute that to our treatment and care programme,” he said.

 

According to the NAPS official, not only are anti-retroviral drugs provided but further care and management of infected mothers as well. Mr. Jn Baptiste congratulated members of the public who acted on the organisation’s call for early testing.

 

 “One of the successes we noted, was that persons came to do the test much earlier than in the last five years. For example, only 25 percent of the persons tested were not showing the signs of AIDS.  So that means people were waiting much too long before they come out, he said.

 

In 2007, he said, 75 percent of persons who took HIV and AIDS tests were not showing signs of AIDS. He says the main benefit of early testing is that if positive, patients have a higher response rate to treatment. 


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