Replacement feeding is the most effective measure to decrease transmission through breast milk, however this is not always feasible in developing countries[19]. Without any intervention, the HIV transmission rate varies between 15-45% per year [8]. Transmission routes via sharing of needles or syringe from an infected individual as well as contact with contaminated blood, blood products and other infected body fluid exchange remains a concern for hemophiliacs and recipients of blood transfusions as well as intravenous drug users. However, safer practices in certain high-risk populations have shifted the focus of the epidemic [20]. It is estimated that 34 million children in Sub-Saharan Africa have lost one or both parents to AIDS [21]. Due to an unprecedented burden on social welfare services, these orphaned children are more likely to drop out of schools to earn for survival. This places an enormous social burden on orphaned children. The expanding poverty verty and lack of preventive awareness increase the risk of these children to contract the virus
Replacement feeding is the most effective measure to decrease transmission through breast milk, however this is not always feasible in developing countries[19]. Without any intervention, the HIV transmission rate varies between 15-45% per year [8]. Transmission routes via sharing of needles or syringe from an infected individual as well as contact with contaminated blood, blood products and other infected body fluid exchange remains a concern for hemophiliacs and recipients of blood transfusions as well as intravenous drug users. However, safer practices in certain high-risk populations have shifted the focus of the epidemic [20]. It is estimated that 34 million children in Sub-Saharan Africa have lost one or both parents to AIDS [21]. Due to an unprecedented burden on social welfare services, these orphaned children are more likely to drop out of schools to earn for survival. This places an enormous social burden on orphaned children. The expanding poverty verty and lack of preventive awareness increase the risk of these children to contract the virus