Analysis on AIDS PMTCT in a county of Henan province

  Objective   To analyze the situation of HIV infection in pregnant women, lying-in women and marriage women of certain county where HIV prevalence rate was higher in Henan.To discuss the effect that some control and prevention steps had been carried out, and to set up a sort of science, simple and economy evaluation method about PMTCT.

  Methods   By cluster sampling way and experimental epidemiology way, we carried outhIV surveillance lasted four years among pregnant woman, lying-in woman and marriage woman in a certain county of Henan province, had carried out different control and prevention steps for differenthIV positive persons(providing refer, suggesting to respite marriage, selecting to stop pregnancy voluntarily, taking nevirapine(NVP)for mother and child), and had carried outhIV follow up and test for the children of HIV positive lying-in woman in 0, 9 and 18 months, respectively.

  Results   13 693 marriage women, 32155 pregnant women and 11 367 lying-in women had been tested by the end of 2004 and the affirmed HIV positive was 39, 112 and 81, respectively.85 infants had birthed by 81 HIV positive lying-in women, 19 infants had testhIV negative at the end of 18th months.The other infants were following up continued.

  Conclusion   APM TCT mode was set up in the county.The route was efficiently cut off though mother to child transmitting A IDS in this county.