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Kenya: Nomadic Communities Struggle to Access PMTCT

Nomadic Kenyan women who test positive for HIV but live in remote areas far from the nearest health facility are missing out on the opportunity to prevent their children from becoming infected with the virus.

Published
07 September 2010
From
AllAfrica
Infant feeding
Nigeria: 'HIV Mothers Can Breastfeed Their Babies for 3 Months'

The need for HIV positive mothers to breastfeed their babies for at least three months to give them a head start in life has been emphasized by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.

Published
07 September 2010
From
AllAfrica
KENYA: Monitoring Antiretroviral Intake Among Children

When 11-year-old Ronald Gathece was placed on antiretrovirals (ARVs) after being diagnosed HIV-positive, medical staff did not monitor his reaction to the treatment. But the side effects had been so bad that the young boy had contemplated suicide.

Published
03 September 2010
From
Inter Press Service
Botswana: HIV-positive mothers not convinced to exclusively breastfeed

Resistance to new guidelines on infant feeding among mothers with HIV and health care workers is being expressed in Botswana.

Published
02 September 2010
From
IPS
Vitamin A supplements linked to high HIV levels in breast milk

Research in Tanzania shows that women with HIV who took vitamin A and beta-carotene (VA/BC) supplements had more HIV in their breast milk than those who did

Published
31 August 2010
By
Kelly Safreed-Harmon
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Kesho Bora study reports on effects on maternal health of stopping triple ART after breastfeeding

Stopping triple antiretroviral drug treatment, begun in pregnancy and continued throughout the breast feeding period, was not associated with faster disease progression eighteen months after stopping treatment, researchers

Published
26 August 2010
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
HIV+ suspect 4-yr-old girl sent out of school in India

A four-year old child of HIV-positive parents was forced from school in Anantapur by parents of other pupils this week.

Published
25 August 2010
From
Times of India
Malaria
Breastfeeding reduces risk of malaria in infants with HIV

In HIV-exposed and HIV-infected infants aged six to 15 months breastfeeding significantly lowered the risks of getting malaria according to Neil Vora and colleagues in a prospective

Published
25 August 2010
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Uganda: Breastfeeding Dilemma for HIV-Positive Mothers

The new World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendation that HIV-positive mothers on antiretroviral therapy (ARVs) can exclusively breastfeed their babies for up to twelve months without infecting them has created confusion among HIV-positive mothers in Uganda as information about the new guidelines struggles to reach them.

Published
24 August 2010
From
AllAfrica
WHO Grants Prequalification Status To Pneumococcal Vaccine, Paving Way For U.N. Procurement

The WHO "has granted prequalification status to Pfizer Inc.'s children's pneumococcal vaccine, Prevenar 13, paving the way for United Nations agencies and governments to start ordering the product," the Associated Press reports.

Published
24 August 2010
From
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
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