Eni Foundation – Project for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Congo
On January 22nd Eni Foundation signed an agreement with the Ministry of Health and the National Council for the Fight against AIDS of the Republic of Congo for the implementation of a 4-year project for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
The project, named “Kento Mwana” (Mother Child), is aimed at reducing to 2% the transmission of HIV in the targeted maternal-infant population and will rely on the logistics and the network of health facilities already activated or scheduled by the Foundation in the Kouilou, Niari and Cuvette regions as part of the “Salissa Mwana” project. The Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases of the University of Genoa will be in charge of the project’s clinical and scientific aspects.
Special care will be given to improving the screening, diagnostic and prevention activities that will be conducted by the selected health facilities, as well as to strengthening the skills of local medical personnel and of biology and lab technicians, through training courses both locally and in Italy, with the aim of gradually transferring competences.
January 2009
Contacts
Eni Foundation
Piazzale Enrico Mattei 1
00144 Roma - ITALIA
Tel 06 59824108 - Fax 06 59822106
e-mail: enifoundation@eni.com
Salissa Mwana - Project aimed at improving child healthcare in the remote areas of Congo
Eni Foundation is conducting wide-ranging vaccination and epidemiological screening program against the principal infant disease in the Kouilou, Niari and Cuvette regions.
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