In a bid to strengthen volunteer programmes in the forthcoming appraisal of the 12th Plan (2012-17) to address the issue of parent-to-child transmission of HIV, more resources would be dedicated. The fact has been come in light by Planning Commission member Syeda Hameed in capital.
Addressing to media person Hameed said, "The projects which link up with the existing government schemes and which help to transform the people at grassroots level will be encouraged.”
Appreciation the four-year project, she further said, 'Reduction of Parent to Child Transmission of HIV in India. Improving access of Positive Women to Public Health Services', in which volunteers educate HIV positive pregnant women on ways to prevent transmission of the AIDS virus to their unborn child.
The project is funded by the European Union and Christian Aid was implemented by the Positive Women's Network (PWN), Tamil Nadu Voluntary Health Association (TNVHA), Arogya Agam, Tamil Nadu and Society for People's Action for Development (SPAD), Karnataka.
She further added that this project, which was implemented for four years in Rajasthan, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, was integral to what 12th Plan has stated of reaching out to tribal areas and the promotion of volunteerism," Hameed said.
"I hope the forthcoming appraisal of the 12th Plan would provide more resources for similar programmes," she added.
President of PWN, Padmavati, said, "We have seen that HIV positive pregnant women either abort their children, or stop going to the hospital. Doctors in districts and villages give lists of such people to volunteers like me for follow-up.
Prevention of Parent-To-Child Transmission (PPTCT) provides a comprehensive support and clinical services to prevent the transmission of HIV from parents to their baby.
(With inputs from IANS)
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