HIV transmission from mother to child may stop in 98% of cases

BRATISLAVA, November 29, 2018 (WBN / PR) – According to the latest information from the World Health Organization, about 36.9 million people with HIV live in the world in 2017.
More than two-thirds of them are in sub-Saharan Africa. In the most affected countries, one in three adults is infected with the virus. Last year, according to WHO, 5,000 people were infected every day worldwide. The humanitarian organization MAGNA treats HIV-infected people in the most endangered regions of the world since 2002.

Each year, on December 1, we will commemorate World AIDS Day. The humanitarian health organization MAGNA, created and led by Martin Bandzak alongside the psychologist Denisa Augustinova, has begun

In 2002, she is one of the first organizations to treat HIV patients and stop the HIV / AIDS epidemic in Cambodia. Children provided antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) to save lives and access to quality treatment. Subsequently, HIV / AIDS programs have spread to other seriously affected countries such as Vietnam, Kenya, Congo and Nicaragua.
Martin Bandzak Sok took the picture and entered the MAGNA program on HIV / AIDS in Cambodia and Kin's son was born. "Today, we have 3 months and we are in perfect health," said Denisa Augustinová, founder and director of the operations section of MAGNA, who reminded us of how important it is to monitor patients at the same time. treat. Denisa Augustinová has been dealing with HIV problems and treatments since 2002. She added: "Our HIV / AIDS program now focuses mainly on children and adolescents and on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission. to-child. "
MAGNA cares for and supports more than 3,000 children and adolescents living in Cambodia living with HIV. "More than 70,000 people suffer from this disease," said Denisa Augustinová, the most menacing youth group – adolescents, "older" when they fight for everything and forever, they are often orphans and live in conditions difficult life. The vast majority of children living with HIV have been infected by their mothers during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding. However, preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV through antiretroviral therapy can reduce transmission to less than 2%.
"The cost of drugs is now cheaper than ever before, but efforts remain to be made for quality treatment that will allow the infected person to live longer and healthier," added Denisa Augustin.
World AIDS Day is a global day, as the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an opportunity to celebrate this deadly disease. At the same time, it serves to express support for people living with HIV and to teach the memory of its victims. It was celebrated for the first time in the world in 1988 and celebrates 30 birthdays this year. In 1996, the United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS was created and took charge of organizing and promoting World AIDS Day. The international symbol of the fight against AIDS and the expression of solidarity and co-participation with people infected with HIV has been a red ribbon since 1991. It is used directly in the World Health Program logo. fight against AIDS and Czech national action against AIDS.
For more information on the MAGNA humanitarian medical organization, visit www.magna.sk.

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