Dr Ijaodola Olugbenga, who leads the PMTCT team at the National AIDS and STIs Control Program, also decried the low pediatric HIV case identification rate and lack of comprehensive data reporting on cases in the country.
Insisting that positive pregnant women must be placed on treatment, Dr. Olugbenga said encouraging them to deliver in health facilities will ensure that positive babies are identified on time and treated. Olugbenga, however, says the goal of the government is to ensure 95% antenatal coverage, 95% HIV testing and PMTCT coverage.
‘‘In 2020, only 28% of HIV exposed infants had access to early infant diagnosis while mothers who become positive during breastfeeding pass the virus to their babies who were originally born negative,’’Dr Olugbenga explains.
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