Andhra Pradesh to implement ARV scheme

February 6, 2004

Programme to prevent spread of AIDS on the cards

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2004 12:34:04 AM ]

HYDERABAD: Anti Retroviral Therapy programme for those affected with

HIV/AIDS will be implemented in three phases in the state.

The first phase of the programme will commence on April 1 at the

teaching hospital attached to Osmania Medical Hospital, medical and

health minister Kodela Sivaprasad Rao told reporters on Friday. He

said that the government had already requested NACO to sanction three

more centres,in the first phase, at the Andhra Medical College

(Visakhapatnam), Guntur Medical College and S V Medical College

(Tirupati).

All the remaining medical college hospitals will be covered in phase

II from October 2 onwards and third phase would commence from

December 1 in all the district head quarter hospitals.

The minister said that priority would be given to Sero positive

mothers who had participated in the prevention of parent-tochild

transmission (PPTCT) programme and Sero positive children below the

age of 15 years besides the people with AIDS who seek treatment in

the government hospitals.

The Anti Retroviral therapy programme would prevent further spread of

HIV/AIDs and it would reduce the impact of the spread on the general

population and for those affected, he said. Some of the doctors would

be sent to Chennai for training in the programme.

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