Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: A Training Manual - Linkages Project

Size of the Problem in Africa• >30% of pregnant women are HIV positive insome sub-populations• About one-third of infants with HIV-positivemothers become infectedNutrition and HIV/AIDS: A Training ManualSession 7• In 2000 an estimated 5 million children wereinfected with HIV• More than a 100% increase in child deaths isprojected by 2010 in the most-affected regionsPurposeSession OutlineTo provide knowledge necessary tounderstand the concepts and latestresearch findings related to PMTCT,programmatic experience, and lessonslearned for future application• PMTCT definitions and concepts• Risk analysis and factors: Key researchfindings•PMTCT interventions• The Ndola Demonstration ProjectPhases ofMother-to-Child Transmission Median Duration of BreastfeedingInfection rates among children born to HIVpositivemothersmonthsSub-Saharan Africa: 21Near East/North Africa:} 10%-25% 14.8 months•During pregnancy•During delivery•During breastfeeding: 14% (7%-22%)Photo: Lora IannottiAsia: 21.3 monthsLatin America/Caribbean:13.9 monthsSource: DHS 1990–1996