pediatric-HIV-AIDS

• Integrating Prevention Of Mother-To-Child Transmission Services Into Family Health

  In January, staff from the IntraHealth-led Capacity Project\'s Ethiopia office attended a workshop sponsored by the Ministry of Health and the National HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office on integrating prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), maternal and neonatal health and...

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• New Report Highlights Mothers\' Support Groups In Ethiopia

  Ethiopia has the third highest rate of HIV infection in the world, and without preventive services more than a third of HIV-positive mothers will transmit the virus to their infants. Mothers’ Support Groups in Ethiopia: A Peer Support Model to Address the Needs of Women Living with HIV...

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• Peer Support Group Program For HIV/AIDS Thrives In Ethiopia

  IntraHealth International expanded its Mother Support Program to 16 new sites in the last quarter of 2006. The initiative now supports additional Mother Support Program groups at health centers in Oromia, Addis Ababa, the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People\'s Region (SNNPR), Dire Dawa...

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• World AIDS Day—Our Work In Ethiopia

  As we commemorate World AIDS Day—the international day of action on HIV and AIDS—on December 1, more and more Ethiopian women are learning their HIV status through the Hareg Project for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT). More than 95,000 children under the age of 15...

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• Traditional Coffee Ceremony Provides Forum To Discuss Health Issues

  In the village of Bati in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, Fatuma N. and her neighbors gather daily for traditional coffee ceremonies, where they share in a favorite beverage and casual conversation. Integral to social and cultural life in Ethiopia, coffee ceremonies also provide an opportunity...

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