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Mother-to-child transmission targeted

    JOHANNESBURG

    The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday said Tanzania had not effectively tackled the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in refugee camps.

    "PMTCT has never been immediately associated with refugee health care. Existing HIV/AIDS programmes do not specifically address the issue," UNICEF emergency programme coordinator, Robert Carr, told the UN news service PlusNews.

    Carr said it was for this reason that UNICEF and a number of health care NGOs were now targeting HIV-positive expectant women in northern and western Tanzania.

    "Our newest PMTCT programme in the Mtendeli camp [western Tanzania] was built on the success of a pilot programme in the Ngara district [northwestern Tanzania]," he said.

    Despite these programmes having been well-received, Carr expressed concern over funding to sustain them.

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