Babies to be saved from HIV
Oct 19, 2003
OVER 5,000 babies in Uganda are to be saved from being born with HIV infection per year
By Arthur Kintu
OVER 5,000 babies in Uganda are to be saved from being born with HIV infection per year, an official of the HIV/AIDS Integrated Model District Programme (AIM), has said.
Ken Heisse, assistant director for quality assurance, said about 90% of HIV-positive children acquire the infection from their mothers during pregnancy, delivery or breastfeeding. However, under the Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission project, HIV-positive mothers will be helped to deliver uninfected babies.
Heisse was passing out 32 PMTCT counsellors in Jinja on October 14. The counsellors will be deployed in Lira, Soroti, Apac, Katakwi, Kumi and Tororo.
OVER 5,000 babies in Uganda are to be saved from being born with HIV infection per year, an official of the HIV/AIDS Integrated Model District Programme (AIM), has said.
Ken Heisse, assistant director for quality assurance, said about 90% of HIV-positive children acquire the infection from their mothers during pregnancy, delivery or breastfeeding. However, under the Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission project, HIV-positive mothers will be helped to deliver uninfected babies.
Heisse was passing out 32 PMTCT counsellors in Jinja on October 14. The counsellors will be deployed in Lira, Soroti, Apac, Katakwi, Kumi and Tororo.