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NIH study shows HIV-exposed children at high risk of language delay

Children exposed to HIV before birth are at risk for language impairments, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. Moreover, children exposed to HIV before birth may benefit from routine screening for language impairment, even if they don’t have any obvious signs of a language problem, the researchers said.

Published
09 January 2012
From
US National Institutes of Health
Child developmental issues
Romania: Adolescents With HIV Have More Neurocognitive Disorders

Researchers in Romania have found a high rate of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders in a cohort of young adults who acquired HIV infections parenterally during childhood.

Published
18 October 2011
From
Medscape (requires registration)
Child developmental issues
Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-positive infants aids growth, reduces anaemia

Use of daily cotrimoxazole in untreated HIV-infected infants significantly improved growth and reduced anaemia, Andrew Prendergast and colleagues reported in new findings from an observational analysis of the

Published
11 April 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Infant feeding
Watch for malnutrition risk in children with HIV after starting ART

One in nine HIV-infected children with advanced illness was hospitalised with severe malnutrition within 12 weeks of starting antiretroviral and these children had a 15-fold increased risk of

Published
29 March 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Child developmental issues
Adverse effects of ART use in pregnancy: prematurity continues to raise concerns

Premature births in HIV-positive women continue to be a concern, and need to anticipated and managed actively in developing countries, researchers said last week at the 18th Conference

Published
10 March 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Child developmental issues
Anaemia more likely in infants exposed to maternal ARVs during pregnancy and breastfeeding

HIV-uninfected infants born to mothers in Botswana and exposed during pregnancy to maternal antiretroviral treatment were at increased risk for severe anaemia during the first six months of

Published
25 February 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Child developmental issues
Study suggests why HIV-uninfected babies of mothers with HIV might be more prone to infections

Babies whose mothers have HIV, but who are not HIV-infected themselves, are born with lower levels of specific proteins in their blood called antibodies, which fight infection, compared with babies not exposed to HIV, a new study has found.

Published
08 February 2011
From
Eurekalert
Child developmental issues
Lung disease common in adolescents with HIV in Zimbabwe

Healthcare workers treating older children and adolescents with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa should be alert for early symptoms of chronic lung disease in their patients, and do their

Published
13 November 2010
By
Keith Alcorn
Child developmental issues
SOUTH AFRICA: The difference AIDS makes to vulnerable children

New South African research shows that AIDS-affected children struggle with educational and mental health issues more than their peers, who are vulnerable for other reasons.

Published
05 November 2010
From
IRIN Plus News
Child developmental issues
How HIV harms young brains

HIV paediatrician Anton Tan and clinical psychologist Diane Melvin write about the challenges to development and maturity that HIV imposes on children.

Published
01 October 2010
From
HIV treatment update
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