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The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) report for 2009 has revealed that as of 2007, it was estimated that Guyana has some 13,000 people of all ages living with HIV AIDS.According to the report, there is an average of 2.5 per cent of HIV prevalence rate among the adult population between the ages of 15 and 49 for the year 2007.It was also noted that there are 7,100 women from the age of 15 living with the virus,Cheap Sports Jerseys, while there is an estimated 1,Andre Branch Dolphins Jersey,000 children (aged 10 – 14) infected with HIV.There is a 0.5 per cent HIV prevalence rate among men,China Jerseys Cheap, while it is 1.7 per cent for women. According to the report, 50 per cent of women have comprehensive knowledge about HIV,Artemi Panarin Jersey, while it was zero for males.Sixty eight per cent of males have reported that they used a condom the last time they had sex with a non marital, non-cohabiting partner,Cheap Jerseys Free, while 62 percent of females reported the same.The UNICEF report stated that severe infections are among the leading direct causes of maternal and neonatal deaths as they accounted for roughly 36 per cent of neonatal deaths in 2000.“Reducing the incidence of infectious conditions such as sepsis/pneumonia, tetanus and sexually transmitted infections, and preventing and treating HIV and malaria,Cheap Jerseys From China, are therefore critical to improving maternal and newborn health,” the report noted.It was explained that preventing HIV infection in women of childbearing age and treating infected pregnant women with available drug combinations can greatly reduce the transmission of the virus to children.The report stated that raising levels of comprehensive knowledge of HIV among young women and men aged 15-24 is vital to averting infection.“In 14 of the 17 countries with sufficient data, HIV prevalence rates among pregnant women aged 15-24 have declined since 2000/2001. This positive development is encouraging, but much more needs to be done to boost HIV prevention activities and to address the social, economic and political drivers of the AIDS epidemic,” the UNICEF report stated.In line with the new Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and its focus on reproductive health programmes aimed at improving maternal survival, UNICEF recommends that the MDG should include interventions to help reduce the incidence of, and treat sexually transmitted infections. |
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