The recent UNAIDS global report cited significant progress in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. It says there have been fewer infections and fewer deaths among women and their newborns. One organization has played a major role in that success.
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation currently operates 5,000 sites in 17 countries. Thats up from a mere eight locations 10 years ago, when it started its international program.
Still a long way to go
Dr. Laura Guay , the foundations vice president of research, says, Were very happy to see the new report that weve made significant progress in the last five years with the scale-up of services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission globally. Whereas in 2004, only about 10 percent of pregnant women had access and were receiving antiretroviral drugs to protect their baby from HIV, in 2009 that number has gone up to 53 percent.
Mother, nurse and baby in PMTCT program
But Guay says thousands more pregnant women still need access to HIV prevention services.
We still have a long way to go. Forty-seven percent of women still do not have access. So, while we celebrate the progress thats been made in the last five years, we look forward to accelerated progress in the next few years so that we can reach the remaining women, she says.
With a lot of effort, it can be done
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