• Corpus ID: 73914864

PROFILE OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS TESTED HIV POSITIVE IN ART CENTRE, GOVERNMENT GENERAL HOSPITAL, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

@inproceedings{Sunita2014PROFILEOC,
  title={PROFILE OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS TESTED HIV POSITIVE IN ART CENTRE, GOVERNMENT GENERAL HOSPITAL, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA},
  author={Kanikaram Sunita and Naladi Baratha Jyothi and Karnati Somaiah and Kalisetty Suresh Babu and Nagarjuna Nagar},
  year={2014}
}

• K. Sunita, N. Jyothi, +2 authors N. Nagar
• Published 2014
• Medicine

More than 1,000 children are newly infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) every day because of lack of access to HIV treatment and millions of children every year are indirectly affected by the epidemic according to UNAIDS (2010). The present communication deals with the objective of revealing socio- demographic characteristics, family history and the mode of transmission of HIV children at ART (antiretroviral therapy) center of Govt. General Hospital, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a retrospective cross-sectional record based study from January 2009 to December 2011. Out of 1836 attendees of ART centre, 125 were HIV Positives. Of whom 65 subjects (52%) were males and 60 subjects (48%) were females (age, 1-20 years). High incidence of HIV/AIDS (aquired immunodeficiency syndrome) was found in the age group of 6-10 years with 73(58%) subjects. It was found that 92% of the children had HIV positive parents who already died. For 82% children, siblings’ HIV status is not known; for 14% of the children, siblings’ HIV status is positive but siblings’ HIV status is negative for 4% of the subjects. Out of 125 children, 122 (97%) children became HIV positive through their HIV positive mothers at the time of their births i.e., through mother to child transmission (MTCT), 2 (2%) children through heterosexual partner and one child through blood transfusion. Appropriate testing, efficient linkages to care and treatment and support for the families and communities that provide the material, social, and emotional foundation for a child’s development is needed.