NAN reports that the meeting was organised for the wives of local government chairmen in the state to give feedback on the level of implementation of 2018 demand creation activities on eMTCT of HIV.
“Currently, there are 6,000 babies at a risk of getting HIV infection in 2019 if appropriate and innovative eMTCT interventions are not fully implemented. “As at 2017, 56 per cent of antenatal care facilities were provided with eMTCT service and only 66 per cent of HIV pregnant women were placed on treatment,” Abubakar added.
“To achieve this, the state government had in 2012 established 126 eMTCT sites and currently we have 927 eMTCT sites. He, however, noted that partners funding was decreasing, saying the need to increase domestic funding for HIV intervention to sustain the progress so far achieved.
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