Baños HI, Joaquim MM

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a serious health problem, especially for developing countries. Objective: to verify if the strategy of elimination of the vertical transmission diminished the risk of vertical transmission of AIDS according to the goals of the World Health Organization. Method: a retrospective longitudinal study was performed at a health center in the city of Tete, Mozambique. Two groups were compared, women who followed and those who did not follow elimination of the vertical transmission. For the categorized variables, the X2test and odds ratio were used. Results: the mean age of pregnant women was 25.2 years. Pregnancy was more frequent in women with a general secondary education level. Of the total of pregnant women only 37.4% accepted and completely followed the elimination of the vertical transmission. With it, only 7.6% of newborns were VIH +. Conclusions: the effectiveness of elimination of the vertical transmission was evidenced even though its results are far from achieving the goals proposed by the World Health Organization.