Tag: PMTCT

Healthy Mother, Healthy Child: Encouraging ANC, PMTCT uptake in Akwa Ibom State

Post author By Nigeria Health Watch
Post date August 16, 2021
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Eme Okon attended her first ANC through the Health Mother Health Child project in 2019 and tested positive for HIV. Photo credit: Nigeria Health Watch

By Kelechukwu Iruoma (Lead Writer) Eme Okon was two months pregnant with her third child when she started attending antenatal care (ANC) at the Eyokponung Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Akwa Ibom State of southern Nigeria. This was her first time ever; having not attended ANC during her first and second pregnancies. During her first […]

Tags maternal and child health, maternal health, Maternal Health in Nigeria, PMTCT

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Obio PMTCT Clinic: Compassionate, Confidential & Patient Centred

Post author By Dara Ajala-Damisa
Post date May 18, 2020
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Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV ensures that mothers pass only life to their offspring. Photo source: EpiAFRIC

Most mothers look forward to a lifetime of giving their offspring gifts, beginning with the gift of life. Imagine the devastation that some face when they realise that they could pass on a lifelong illness to their precious little one, due to factors beyond their control. This is often the reality of a pregnant woman […]

Tags fsp, Mother to child transmission of HIV, Patient-Centred Care, PMTCT