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Action month planned to reduce mother-to-baby HIV transmission

A month-long campaign for the prevention of mother-to-baby transmission of HIV (MTCT) will be launched in June aiming to eradicate MTCT in Vietnam, said Deputy Director of the Ministry of Health’s Administration of HIV/AIDS Control Hoang Dinh Canh.
A month-long campaign for the prevention of mother-to-baby transmissionof HIV (MTCT) will be launched in June aiming to eradicate MTCT inVietnam, said Deputy Director of the Ministry of Health’s Administrationof HIV/AIDS Control Hoang Dinh Canh.

In astatement made on May 13, he said activities during the month will befocused on preventive interventions such as counselling, offering HIVtesting for expectant mothers from the outset of their pregnancy, andproviding check-ups at HIV hotbeds and in disadvantaged areas.

Coordination between HIV testing and treatment facilities will beincreased and the application of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy toinfected pregnant women will be enhanced.

Variouscommunication activities will also be conducted to raise publicawareness of benefits of early access to related services, Canh added.

The MTCT prevention programme has been implementednationwide since late 2004 with the aim of reducing the MTCT rate toless than 5 percent, the administration said.

Lastyear, 57.1 percent of HIV-infected pregnant women received ARV therapy,and 64.7 percent of expectant mothers received HIV tests, it noted.-VNA
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