Characteristics of HIV-infected children born to HIV-positive mothers in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital between 2002 and 2007

  • Fransisca Mayer
  • Arwin Akib
  • Imam Boediman
Keywords: HIV, AIDS, mother-to-child transmission, antiretroviral therapy

Abstract

Background In 2003, the Joint United Nation Program on
HIV/AIDS and the World Health Organisation estimated
that there will be 36.2 million people living with HIV /AIDS
througout the world by the end of2003, and that 2.1 million
of them will be children less than 15 years old. The profile
of children with HIV in the Department of Child Health,
Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital has not been studied.
Objective To identify the characteristics of HIV-infected
children born to HIV-positive mothers, and to evaluate the
Prevention Programme for Mother-to-Child Transmission
at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital.
Methods This was a cross-sectional study conducted
between March and May 2008 based on medical records.
The study population consisted of all mother-child pairs
who were admitted between January 2002 and December
2007.
Results Between 2002 and 2007,342 children were born to
HIV-infected mother, with 201 (58.5%) children contracting
HIV The median age of children was 20 months. There
were 121 (35.4%) cases involved in prevention of motherto-
child transmission. Triple-drug antiretroviral therapy
was prescribed to 78.1 o/o children. The most frequent
morbidities were chronic diarrhea, wasting syndrome, and
oropharyngeal candidiasis. Thirty-six children died; mostly
due to sepsis (30.5%)
Conclusion The majority of cases of HIV were between 1
and 5 years old. The most frequent morbidities were chronic
diarrhea, wasting syndrome, and oropharyngeal candidiasis.
Thirty-six children died mostly due to sepsis. The preven-
tion program for mother-to-child transmission should be
encouraged among pregnant women who are known to be
HIV-positive.

Author Biographies

Fransisca Mayer
Department of Child Health, University of Indonesia, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Arwin Akib
Department of Child Health, University of Indonesia, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Imam Boediman
Department of Child Health, University of Indonesia, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Published
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Mayer F, Akib A, Boediman I. Characteristics of HIV-infected children born to HIV-positive mothers in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital between 2002 and 2007. PI [Internet]. 30Apr.2009 [cited 24Apr.2024];49(2):112-. Available from: https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/537
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Received 2016-09-10
Accepted 2016-09-10
Published 2009-04-30