Mother to child transmission
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- A community-based approach to HIV and AIDS service provision
- ( Médecins Sans Frontières , 2009)
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Lesotho has the third highest HIV prevalence in the world, with an estimated 270,000 people living with
HIV and AIDS in the country, and 18,000 deaths annually of AIDS-related ... - Manual for nurses to provide effective nutrition care and support for people living with HIV
- ( Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2008)
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This training manual, published by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance II (FANTA-2) Project, recognises that nutrition interventions are an important component of comprehensive care and sup...
- Progress, challenges and recommendations to universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010
- ( World Health Organization , 2008)
- This progress report, published by the World Health Organization, finds that the combined efforts of countries and international partners have resulted in substantial, ongoing progress towards providi...
- Criminalising HIV positive women violates human rights
- ( A. Welbourn / All Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS, UK , 2009)
- This document outlines a presentation given by the Salamander Trust at a meeting on women and AIDS at the House of Commons in Westminster. The presenter details how, because of global attitudes, ...
- Progress made in treating children with AIDS and preventing mother to child transmission of HIV
- ( World Health Organization , 2008)
- This United Nations report shows progress in treating children with AIDS and preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, but urges greater efforts to stem the tide of the global epidemic. ...
- Prevention of mother to child HIV transmission in India
- ( L. Dandona;S.G. Prem Kumar;Y. Ramesh / BioMed Central , 2008)
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Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) is an important part of the effort to control HIV. PMTCT services are mostly provided at public sector government hospitals in India and systemati...
- A clinicians guide to food support and nutrition interventions for people living with HIV
- ( Family Health International , 2007)
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The spread of HIV through many regions of the world is highlighting the complex and evolving relationship between food, HIV infection, and nutritional status. This guide is aimed at technical staff...
- Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a new measure for measuring programme effectiveness
- ( E.M. Stringer;B.H. Chi;N. Chintu / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health , 2008)
- This article from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization proposes a new method for evaluating prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programmes. The authors suggest that HIV-...
- New blood test simplifies process of diagnosing HIV in infants
- ( Pathfinder International , 2007)
- Unless an infant infected with HIV in Africa receives prophylactic antibiotics soon after birth and Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) as soon as is medically indicated, it has a 35 per cent chance of dying...
- Poor infant feeding practice is common in South Africa and results in increased rates of HIV transmission
- ( T Doherty;M Chopra;D Jackson / Health Systems Trust, South Africa , 2007)
- Poor infant feeding practice can result in the transmission of HIV from mother to child. This policy brief from the South African Medical research Council describes the quality of infant feeding in th...
