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Children to HIV/AIDS
• Overall Status
• Illiteracy
• Low Control on
Reproductive Rights
• Low Access to Health
Care
• Lack of Knowledge
• Violence Against
Women
Vulnerability Factors of Women
63.9
54.3 74
41.3
74
41.1
21.6 59.2
27.3 31.1
54.8
43.4
12.7 92.8
35.4 54.7
88.3
Per cent 23.9 26.2
48.7 43
< 30 23.8
59.7
30 - 49
50 - 69 70.6
70 & above 84.7
65.8
56.3
MICS-2000 87.7
74.5
87
76.1
Percent Women aged 15-49 who Know
all Three Modes of Vertical
Transmission of HIV
19
31.1
39.6 36.1
21.1
37.8
17.2
13.3 21.1
12.8 15
26.2
21
6.8 50.2
Per cent 17.7 29.9
58.1
11.5 13
< 20 30.8
14
23.4
20 - 29 31.4
30 - 39
46.8
40 & above 40.8
40.6
36.9
MICS-2000 42.2
46.9
36.6
34.4
Women & Violence
Violence inside and outside the family
40
32
Rural
30
Urban Slums
20
10 6.3
3.4
0
Correct knowledge about benefits Source: FHAC Coverage Evaluation
f condom use to prevent STI/HIV AIIMS/INCLEN/USAID 2000
Used condom
during last intercourse
Proportion of 15-19 yr olds willing to share
food with a HIV positive person: Rural
Manipur
Kerala
Punjab
Tamil Nadu
Delhi
AP
Himachal Pradesh
Haryana
Urraranchal
Maharashtra
Rajasthan
MP
UP
J&K
NE (ex sikkim & Manipur)
Gujarat
Sikkim
Bihar
Orissa
Karnataka
Chatisgarth
Jharkhand
West Bengal
Assam
All India
0 20 40 60 80 100
Vulnerability Factors of
Children
• Parent-To-Child
Transmission of HIV
• Lack of Access
to Treatment
• Lack of coordinated
Efforts for ‘Care &
Support’
Rationale for Prevention of Parent-To-
Child Transmission of HIV in India
27 million pregnancies per year
0.4% prevalence
108,000 infected pregnancies
30% transmission
100
80
85.1 87.8
60
40 50.3
20 35.7
0
Before counselling After counselling
Some Lessons Learnt:
Reduced transmission of HIV from mother
to infant
Proportion of infants of HIV (+) mothers
who acquired HIV - PCR at 2 months
35
30 33
25
20
%
15
10
5 8
0
No ARV With ARV
Strengthening the Response:
a Paradigm Shift
Recognitio
n Response
of
Multi-Sectoral
Strengthening
Focus on HIV as a
Targete Multi-Sectoral
Response
health problem
interventi
d
ons
Prevention Care
Prevention in Prevention
Care genera
populati
l
ons Care
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