MANDYA: Whether it is because HIV tests have been made mandatory for pregnant womenunder prevention-of-mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programme in government hospitals or the fact that youths are getting promiscuous, the rise in HIV positive cases is causing concern among the medical fraternity.
According to Vinayak, supervisor of District AIDS Preventive and Control Unit, between 2002 and November 2011, a total of 9,883 HIV+ cases were detected. "In 2010, 894 positive cases were detected, while in 2011 up to November, 942 cases were detected. Though the number of HIV+ cases detected in Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres (ICTC) has come down, the overall number of cases detected under PMTCT and HIV+ positive cases has gradually increased," he said.
Dr Rekha, working at the Retroviral Treatment Centre (ART), said that after the HIV test was made mandatory for mothers in government hospitals, they found that there were a growing number of HIV+positive cases. "This is because married women are the real victims of spouses who stray," she added.
According to statistics available at the ART centre, 281 persons affected with AIDS have died between 2009 and 2010 in Mandya district, and 3,299 HIV+ cases were detected in the same period. "We are collecting and codifying 2011's data of HIV+ cases," Rekha said. She said the mandatory HIV test for pregnant women and mothers under the PMTCT programme has become an effective tool in unearthing more HIV positive cases. This detective mechanism is good for two reasons. "By this, we can easily identify a HIV+ pregnant woman during the prenatal visit and it will also help us to protect the child from being infected with HIV through the ART," she said.
PMTCT has shown gradual increase on the graph of HIV+ cases. "If there is no such detection mechanism in government hospitals, HIV in pregnant women would otherw
According to Vinayak, supervisor of District AIDS Preventive and Control Unit, between 2002 and November 2011, a total of 9,883 HIV+ cases were detected. "In 2010, 894 positive cases were detected, while in 2011 up to November, 942 cases were detected. Though the number of HIV+ cases detected in Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres (ICTC) has come down, the overall number of cases detected under PMTCT and HIV+ positive cases has gradually increased," he said.
Dr Rekha, working at the Retroviral Treatment Centre (ART), said that after the HIV test was made mandatory for mothers in government hospitals, they found that there were a growing number of HIV+positive cases. "This is because married women are the real victims of spouses who stray," she added.
According to statistics available at the ART centre, 281 persons affected with AIDS have died between 2009 and 2010 in Mandya district, and 3,299 HIV+ cases were detected in the same period. "We are collecting and codifying 2011's data of HIV+ cases," Rekha said. She said the mandatory HIV test for pregnant women and mothers under the PMTCT programme has become an effective tool in unearthing more HIV positive cases. This detective mechanism is good for two reasons. "By this, we can easily identify a HIV+ pregnant woman during the prenatal visit and it will also help us to protect the child from being infected with HIV through the ART," she said.
PMTCT has shown gradual increase on the graph of HIV+ cases. "If there is no such detection mechanism in government hospitals, HIV in pregnant women would otherw
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