Avaliação da atenção a gestantes, na prevenção da transmissão vertical do vírus HIV, no distrito leste de Belo Horizonte

Abstract

The project analyzed the attention to the pregnant woman offered in the health basic attention in the East District of Belo Horizonte city, and actions aimed to control and prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. It has been discussed the permanence of HIV vertical transmission significant rates in the validity of technologies adjusted for its prevention. In spite of the Health Ministry delivery anti-retroviral therapy to pregnant woman and newborn that results in lower risks to infectious the child, the use of anti-retrovirals during the pregnancy does not contemplate all the HIV positive pregnant women. This is evidenced by mother-to-child transmission of HIV significant rates. An analysis of the healthy basic attention professionals speeches that follow the pregnant women and the analysis of SISPRENATAL and SINAN data bases has identified functional, economic, physical and cultural limits. This problems are strongly related to the early ingress of pregnant women and receiving the therapeutic on time. The managers involvement, the professionals qualification and intersectorial measurements involving the community are essentials for the purpose action allowing adequate intervention in the mother/child binomial to make possible the effective prevention of vertical transmission of HIV in the health basic units.