Research shows that HIV-positive pregnant women at risk of transmitting the virus to her baby about 35 percent. Risk is comprised of 7 percent risk during pregnancy, bleeding at the time of delivery (vaginal) 15 percent, and breast milk of 13 percent. However, this risk can now be reduced to 1 percent.
According to Prof. Dr. Dr. Samsuridjal Djauzi of Special Study Group (Pokdisus) AIDS Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta CiptoMangunkusumo Hospital, prevention of HIV transmission from pregnant mother to baby can be done in three ways, namely pregnant women should be taking antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), underwent childbirth by Caesarean section, and the provision of artificial milk.
"If those three things done, maybe the risk was 35 percent can stay only 1 percent. So almost certain the baby is not infected," he said during Media Seminar with the theme 'Prevention and Investigation of HIV should be encouraged'.
Samsuridjal advise any woman planning a pregnancy to undergo tests for hepatitis B, HIV, and some other tests. Because of the earlier detected, the risk of HIV transmission to infants could be reduced seminimalkan possible.
He added that pregnant women who take drugs for long periods the amount of virus in the body can be kept to a minimum, so the risk of transmission through birth and breast milk can be decreased sharply. That is why the African countries that the use of ARVs has been running fine, no surgery required and the baby can still have milk exclusively.
"But from my experience during practice, most pregnant women come to the hospital already pregnant. Indeed, some have come when in labor, so the opportunity to use the drugs to be very short," he said.
According Samsurdjal, if someone is using ARV drugs regularly and well, then in the period of 6 months decreased the amount of HIV in the blood can not even be detected.
In the RSCM, said Samsuridjal, every year 60-70 help pregnant women who are HIV positive. The result was very satisfactory. According to research in the Department of Pediatrics RSCM, only about four percent of infants infected with HIV from pregnant women who underwent preventive efforts.
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