EFFECTS OF HAART ON MATERNAL AND FETAL OUTCOME

Introduction: HIV infection among pregnant women has emerged as a global public health issue with serious medical, economic and social impact .HIV infection is a global epidemic that now.

Objective of the study: 1.To evaluate the effect of HAART on pregnancy in HIV-infected women. 2.To evaluate the effect of ART on foetal, outcome.affects 39.9 million people worldwide . Mother-to-child-transmission of HIV is a major route of HIV infection in children .This is a prospective observational study conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, from Nov 2022 to Jan2024 for 15 months at GMC, Nandyal & PPTCT centre of Nandyal district.

Conclusion: It is imperative that every HIV infected pregnant woman should get access to proper antenatal care throughout her pregnancy and every effort should be made to ensure that her child is born free of HIV. Antenatal care and close monitoring in pregnancy can optimise the outcome for HIV infected women and baby.Though present sample size was small to be of statistical significance, our results suggest that better couple education will probably lead to earlier diagnosis, initiation and compliance of therapy to prevent transmission. Our study proves that with the improvised HAART therapy there is better feto maternal outcome which is almost similar to other reference studies conducted elsewhere.