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Prevenir la transmisión del VIH de madre a hijo: el primer año del programa nacional de Tailandia
Pornsinee Amornwichet1, Achara Teeraratkul, R J Simonds
1Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Tivanon Road, Nonthaburi, 11000, Thailand.
JAMA
|July 4, 2002
Resumen
Tailandia Tailandia es el país.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Salud Pública La salud pública.
- Epidemiología de las enfermedades infecciosas.
- Salud Global La salud global.
Sus antecedentes:
- Tailandia implementó un programa nacional en el año 2000 para prevenir la transmisión del VIH de madre a hijo.
- Aproximadamente 10.000 niños nacen anualmente en riesgo en Tailandia.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Evaluar la implementación y los resultados del programa nacional de Tailandia para prevenir la transmisión del VIH de madre a hijo.
Principales métodos:
- Los datos se recopilan mensualmente de 822 hospitales de salud pública en 12 regiones.
- El estudio incluyó a mujeres que dieron a luz entre octubre de 2000 y septiembre de 2001 y a sus recién nacidos.
- Los principales resultados medidos fueron las tasas de prueba del VIH, la profilaxis antirretroviral prenatal para las madres y la profilaxis antirretroviral neonatal y la fórmula infantil.
Principales resultados:
- Más del 96% de las mujeres recibieron atención prenatal, y el 93,3% se sometió a pruebas de VIH.
- El 70,1% de las mujeres seropositivas para el VIH recibieron medicamentos antirretrovirales profilácticos antes del parto.
- El 88,7% de los recién nacidos expuestos recibieron medicamentos antirretrovirales y el 83,2% recibieron fórmula infantil.
Conclusiones:
- El programa nacional de Tailandia implementó con éxito componentes clave para prevenir la transmisión del VIH de madre a hijo.
- El éxito del programa ofrece un modelo para que otros países en desarrollo consideren iniciativas similares.
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