ARGENTINAHIV IN CHILDREN

AND ADOLESCENTS

Dr. Florencia EscarráPediatric Infectious Disease Specialty Registrar

Children with mother to child transmission of HIV per year of birth, Argentina (1981-2014)

Num

bero

f inf

ecte

dch

ildre

n

Year of birth

1999PERINATAL PREVENTIVE MEASURES

Total: 4905

Rate of HIV perinatal transmission by area of residency, Argentina, 2013-14

8,2%

8,1%

5,3%

4,8%

4,0%

3,1%

3,0%

0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9%

Northeast

Northwest

Buenos Aires City

TOTAL

Cuyo

Patagonia

Center

Mothers of HIV exposed children: moment of HIV diagnosis and related rates of transmission

3%

55%35%

3%

3%

Before thispregnancyCurrentpregnancyLabor

Puerperium

Unknown3% 4%

28%

10%

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Before thispregnancy

Currentpregnancy

Labor Puerperium

J.P. GarrahanNational Pediatric Hospital

Pediatric HIV referral center. Largestpediatric HIV cohort in the country (500 patients)

Research protocols Access to viral load, ELISA, WB, PCR,

CD4 count, HLAB 5701, resistancegenotype

15 new cases/year, most presentingwith opportunistic infections and encephalopathy

ARVs provided by the government, FOR FREE, nationwide