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WASH & HIV: links with maternal & child health

WASH & HIV: links with maternal & child health. Joe Brown London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Department of Disease Control Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases joe.brown@lshtm.ac.uk 24 July 2012. The big picture.

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WASH & HIV: links with maternal & child health

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  1. WASH & HIV: links with maternal & child health Joe Brown London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Department of Disease Control Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases joe.brown@lshtm.ac.uk 24 July 2012

  2. The big picture • HIV+ mothers and children are highly vulnerable to WASH-related co-infections • Providing critical WASH interventions, together with ART for mother and baby, can lower the risk of child death and may lower the risk of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT)

  3. Some common co-infections that may be prevented or reduced with WASH • Faecal-oral • Hepatitis A,E; viral diarrheas; Campylobacter; cholera; ETEC; Salmonella; Shigella; typhoid; paratyphoid; Crypto; Giardia; Amoebas; Toxoplasma gondiiand other opportunists • Water-washed • Trachoma; scabies; conjunctivitis; louse-borne infections • Soil helminths and tapeworms • Ascaris; hookworm; Taenia • Water-based • Cholera; Legionella; Leptospirosis; Schisto; • Insect vectors • Dengue, yllw fever, malaria, trypanosomiasis, filariasis, trachoma • Rodent borne • Leptospirosis; hantavirus, Tularemia

  4. Children with HIV • Children who are HIV+ are at much greater risk of hospitalization, long-term illness, and death as a result of WASH-related infections • Children who are HIV+, as well as those who are HIV- but cared for by mothers that are HIV+, are at greater risk of poor nutritional status and health which can be caused or aggravated by enteric infection (Filteau 2009)

  5. ART and diarrhea • Diarrheal disease and intestinal infection may cause individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART) not to absorb therapeutic dosages of the medication (Isaac 2008, Brantley 2003, Bushen 2004). • Implications for PMTCT

  6. Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) • Healthier moms are less likely to transmit the virus to children through breastfeeding • Healthier moms are less likely to pass other infections to baby, also • Gut infections in babies may increase the risk of HIV infection by compromising the integrity of the intestinal wall, making it easier for the HIV virus to pass into the infant’s bloodstream • Safe water and hygiene play a major role in the limited circumstances when replacement feeding/early weaning are indicated

  7. Retention in care • Increased retention in PMTCT programming as a result of VitaMeal and hygiene packages (soap, P&G packets/cloth+ storage container) offered • Also reported “99.4% usage” of water treatment at 3 month follow up, vs12% (disinfectant use among mothers with young children) or 20% (all households in Malawi)

  8. Rosen S, Fox MP, Gill CJ (2007) Patient Retention in Antiretroviral Therapy Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review. PLoS Med 4(10): e298. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040298 http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040298

  9. Cost effectiveness • Low cost of including WASH in treatment and care programs • Pennies on the dollar! • Sustained access to safe water would be <5% of the cost of first-line ARVs (drugs only) • Significant net savings with integrated programming (Khan et al 2012) • Russo et al. 2012, Malawi: benefits of hygiene and safe water programs can extend beyond antenatal beneficiaries to include friends and relatives

  10. What we can do now Add WASH to HIV PMTCT programming because: • 1. We know HIV-affected children are highly vulnerable to diarrheal illnesses • 2. We know that WASH interventions can reduce diarrhea by 50% or more • 3. We know that diarrhea in mothers and children can contribute to lower uptake of life-saving drugs that prevent MTCT • 4. We know it can increase retention in treatment and care, at low cost

  11. Thank you Creative and Novel Ideas in HIV Research (NIH) P&G London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Environmental Health Group University of Zambia School of Medicine Charlie Van Der Horst & the UNC CFAR

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