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What is Drugs Supplied by NACO For Prevention of Mother to Child transmission and explain in detail?
NACO is National AIDS Control Organization which was launched in India in the year 1987.The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had setup NACO as a separate wing to implement and closely monitor the various components of the National Aids Control Programme.
NACO has established many integrated counselling and testing centres (ICTCs ),where pregnant women are provided counselling and testing facilities.
“Women who are found to be HIV positive are given single dose of prophylactic Nevirapine at the time of labour and new born infant is also given a single dose of Nevirapine within 72 hrs of birth”.
Park 20/e, p 373