Open AccessStatus of prevention of parent to child transmission services among HIV-positive mothers from rural South India
Author(s) -
Anbarasi Subramaniyan,
Sonali Sarkar,
Gautam Roy,
Subitha Lakshminarayanan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1998-3816
pISSN - 0253-7184
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7184.142400
Subject(s) - nevirapine , medicine , tamil , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , transmission (telecommunications) , family medicine , antiretroviral therapy , pediatrics , viral load , linguistics , philosophy , electrical engineering , engineering
Tamil Nadu comes under group I high-prevalence state, with <1% prevalence of HIV infection in ante-natal women but above 5% prevalence in high-risk group. One of the ways to control HIV/AIDS in India is through prevention of parent to child transmission (PPTCT), the success of which lies in the utilization of services.