UNAIDS signed a partnership deal with several non-governmental organizations at the United Nations to work to eliminate HIV mother-to-child transmission in Africa.
The deal signed as world leaders gathered here for this week's UN General Assembly session, aims to accelerate action on HIV/AIDS and "correct the glaring inequality" faced by children in the face of the scourge, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe told a press conference.
HIV/AIDS - Mother to child transfer
HIV can be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy, during birth, or through breast-feeding
HIV can be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy, during birth, or through breast-feeding
Sidibe said out of the two million AIDS-related deaths last year, 1.9 million occurred in developing countries, including 1.7 million in Africa.
More than 300,000 babies are born every year with the virus, most of them in Africa and 30 percent of them died before their first birthday, he added.
• to prevent women of child-bearing age from acquiring HIV infection.
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Quiz on HIV / AIDS
Statistics tell us that the world HIV+ population has risen drastically from 8 million in 1990 to a whopping 33 million in 2007! Even more alarming is the fact that young people (below the age of 25) account for half of these infections! This is adequate proof for the lack of awareness among the general public even in these modern times. So take our quiz and brush up on the essential facts of HIV/AIDS.
There are 10 questions on HIV / AIDS in this quiz that will explore the depth of your knowledge and provide answers to the following:
Statistics tell us that the world HIV+ population has risen drastically from 8 million in 1990 to a whopping 33 million in 2007! Even more alarming is the fact that young people (below the age of 25) account for half of these infections! This is adequate proof for the lack of awareness among the general public even in these modern times. So take our quiz and brush up on the essential facts of HIV/AIDS.
There are 10 questions on HIV / AIDS in this quiz that will explore the depth of your knowledge and provide answers to the following:
- Immune control of HIV ()
- Symptoms of HIV/AIDS ()
- Cure for AIDS ()
- Acute HIV syndrome ()
- World AIDS day ()
- Western blot ()
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Antiretroviral Syrup Can Prevent Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission Through Breast Milk
Investigations find that giving daily antiretroviral syrup to breastfeeding infants or treating their HIV-infected mothers with highly active antiretroviral drugs is safe and effective.
Investigations find that giving daily antiretroviral syrup to breastfeeding infants or treating their HIV-infected mothers with highly active antiretroviral drugs is safe and effective.
• provide care, treatment and support to mothers living with HIV, their children and their families.
Signatories include Columbia University's Earth Institute led by leading US economist Jeffrey Sachs and the Millenium Promise Alliance, an advocacy group pushing for implementation of the MDGs in Africa.
The partnership deal was signed in the presence of Presidents Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda.
Source-AFP
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