Five years of parent-to-child transmission of HIV-AIDS program in a rural-based teaching hospital

Objectives: To reduce the perinatal transmission of HIV AIDS in antenatal women-a need-based project with NACO protocols, with a series of interventions. Methods: Prospective and retrospective study, data collected from Parent-to-Child Transmission of HIVAIDS records and case sheets. Women registered for pretest counseling in antenatal OP tested for HIV, posttest counseling given, single drug NVP administered to mother and neonate, exclusive breast feeding advised for first 6 months, and infant testing for HIV done at 18 months of age by ELISA. Results: Seroprevalence in antenatal women was 1.2%. Majority (95%) of mother-child pairs were administered single drug NVP. Institutional delivery rate for seropositive women was 70% and the perinatal transmission of HIV AIDS was 8%. Conclusion: Improve universal counseling and testing, more number of mother-baby pairs to be administered single drug NVP, increase institutional delivery rates for seropositive women, improve follow-up services with the help of outreach workers to reduce perinatal transmission of HIV AIDS.