Mother to child transmission
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- 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...
- Universal coverage of antiretroviral treatment in Nigeria requires more funding
- ( Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria , 2007)
- This report from Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON) studies the impact, challenges and long-term implication of the antiretroviral treatment (ART) response to AIDS in Nigeria. Specifically, ...
- Opportunities have been missed for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Brazil
- ( M. Dalva Turchi;L. da Silva DuarteII;C.M. Turchi MartelliI / Cadernos de Saúde Pública , 2007)
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Vertical transmission or mother-to-child transmission, is the main source of the HIV infection in children. This paper published in Cadernos de Saúde Pública (Reports in Public Health...
- Routine antenatal HIV testing should be implemented at all sites in Zimbabwe to maximize the public health impact of PMTCT
- ( Winfreda Chandisarewa;Lynda Stranix-Chibanda;Elizabeth Chirapa / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health , 2007)
- This paper from the World Health Organization aims to assess the impact of routine antenatal HIV testing for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in urban Zimbabwe. ...
- Linkages between parent-to-child HIV transmission and other HIV care services in India are limited
- ( Population Council, USA , 2007)
- This report from the Population Council explores India’s national programme for prevention of parent-to-child transmission (PPTCT) of HIV, which has been underway since 2002. Issues covered in t...
- Successes, failures and challenges in the global effort to provide HIV treatment
- ( World Health Organization , 2007)
- This progress report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows a steady increase in the global levels of access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people living with HIV. However, it shows less ...
- Some importanct facts about HIV treatment
- ( International HIV/AIDS Alliance , 2007)
- This fact sheet from International HIV/AIDS Alliance contains basic information on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV. It explains how ARVs work to reduce the effects of HIV and allow those affect...
- Would opt-out HIV testing be acceptable to pregnant women?
- ( Freddy Perez;Charity Zvandaziva;Barbara Engelsmann;Francois Dabis / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins , 2006)
- This article from the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) argues that routine HIV testing on an opt-out basis would be widely acceptable among pregnant women. Introducing this appr...
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