Stories: Pmtct
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Meeting Mothers at the Center of Ecuador’s HIV Prevention Efforts
I have now been in Ecuador for two weeks on a trip made possible by the International Reporting Project. I have visited coffee and cacao farms, health projects, and sites of oil contamination. I have visited with NGO leaders and government ministers. This week, I managed to meet up with World Pulse member Diana, an inspiring role model...
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The Plastic Pouch That Stops HIV
The waiting room in Ecuador’s Enrique Sotomayor hospital has the feel of a Department of Motor Vehicles: chimes going off every minute to summon the next patient in line, benches crammed with pregnant women and their families, and peeling paint under fluorescent lights. The noisy hallways in the largest maternity hospital in South America lead past a courtyard...
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Nigerian Woman Living With HIV Recounts Her Experience Giving Birth to HIV-Negative Baby
About two years ago, Rosemary, 30, went to the clinic for antenatal check-up. After series of test, she was told that she was HIV positive. The nurses counselled her. She says the counselling provided at the clinic boosted her morale. She said to herself then that God knows everything that happen to mankind and knows how to help her. Rosemary...
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Through PMTCT, We Can Protect Future Generations from HIV, Experts Say
As part of HealthNewsNG's special focus on HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health issues, Jennifer Ehidiamen spoke to Nurse Egga, an expert in Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) who works in a general hospital in Nasarawa state, northern Nigeria. Her bubbling attitude and high-pitched voice resonate with her passion for the fight...