An analysis of the benefit of interventions to prevent HIV mother-to-child transmission / 中国艾滋病性病

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the effect of interventions to prevent HIV mother-to-child transmission(MTCT).Methods A survey was conducted to study preventive interventions adopted for young children delivered by HIV positive mothers including children's medication after birth,feeding practice,modes of delivery and ART for mothers.Chi-square tests was used to analyze the differences in infection rate between children in the intervention group and control group.Results The infection rate in the intervention group was 2.75%,while that in the control group was 50.00%.There was significant difference between these two groups.Conclusion Timely ART provided for mothers and their babies and using artificial feeding can effectively reduce HIV mother-to-child transmission.