What is the risk of transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, and what is the magnitude of the problem in India ?
Ans. The risk of transmission of HIV positive mother to her baby is 30 percent. Taking the overall prevalence as 0.8 percent, for an estimated 27,000,000 million deliveries there will be 2,16,000 mothers, who will be HIV positive. At 30 percent transmission, 64800 babies will be expected to be HIV positive. Q. What are the goals of the PMTCT programme ? Ans. The goals are : (1) to reduce HIV prevalence among pregnant women aged 15-49 years to below 3 percent in the six high prevalence states, and to reduce below one percent in other states by 2005; (2) reduce the transmission rate of MTCT of HIV from 30 percent to below 10 percent by 2005.
Ans.The risk of transmission of HIV positive mother to her baby is 30 percent. Taking the overall prevalence as 0.8 percent, for an estimated 27,000,000 million deliveries there will be 2,16,000 mothers, who will be HIV positive. At 30 percent transmission, 64800 babies will be expected to be HIV positive.
