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Diocese of Pittsburgh
Distance: 6.5 Mi111 Blvd. Of The Allies
15222 Pittsburgh -
Montgomery School
Distance: 234.2 Mi1141 Route 113
19425 Chester Springs -
Schuylkill Valley Sports
Distance: 237.3 Mi118 Industrial Dr
19464 Pottstown -
Horizon Sports Group
Distance: 240.9 Mi7037 Elementary Rd
18036 Coopersburg -
Drug Development Insights, Inc
Distance: 248.1 Mi600 N Jackson St Ste 103
19063 Media
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Description
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) is a major means of contracting HIV in children. In 2001, the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS committed countries to reduce the proportion of infants infected with HIV by 20% by 2005 and by 50% by 2010. Efforts are being made by civic societies and faith-based organizations to work together with different governments in the realization of this World Health Organization (WHO) initiative. This integrated and focused approach consists of interventions focusing on primary prevention of HIV infection among women; prevention of transmission of HIV to the baby during pregnancy; and the provision of treatment, care and support for women living with HIV/AIDS, their children and families. DAHP works with pregnant women through partners such as the Baptist AIDS Awareness and Prevention Program in the Baptist Medical Center, Ogbomoso, Oyo State in South-West, Nigeria. Intervention measures will include: