The
United Nations Children's
Fund, the Chinese Ministry of Health and the Henan Provincial
Health Department have recently decided to start the project of
obstructing the spread of Mother-baby AIDS virus in Shihe District
in Xinyang City and Shangcai County in Zhumadian City of
Henan
Province in order to provide a scientific basis for making a
guide to preventing the spread of Mother-baby AIDS virus in China
through the practice and research of the project.
Mother-baby AIDS virus' spreading has been regarded as one of the
main channels for the fatal disease. AIDS infection seriously hit
Henan Province around 1995, essentially spreading among the
villagers who sold blood to illegal blood collection stations set
up by profiteers. After 1995, Henan Province has taken stern action
against the black-market business and has thus effectively
restrained the AIDS virus spreading. However, a relevant survey
shows that Mother-baby and husband-wife AIDS infectious victims
have been successively found among the AIDS carriers infected
around 1995. In a bid to check the dissemination, the UN Children's
Fund and the Chinese Ministry of Health have decided to start the
project to obstruct the spread of Mother-baby AIDS virus and, with
which as a breakthrough point, to promote the full-scale
development of the work of controlling the spread of AIDS
virus.
Related information shows that five kind of people are designated
as targets in this project: pregnant women who donated blood around
1995; whose husband donated blood around 1995; who have had
multiple sex partners; whose family members are HIV carriers and
who are possible to have been infected in operation and blood
transfusion. The project requires the counties and villages to set
up consultation networks and to provide professional training for
medical and family planning staff. Additionally, detailed
arrangements have been made for the discovery of and report on the
targeted group of people; examination of AIDS antibody; medical
care of HIV pregnant women and their new-born babies; prevention of
virus infection of new--born babies and random survey on AIDS virus
infected pregnant and lying-in women.
( October 29, 2001)