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Treatment guidelines
Updated U.S. DHHS guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents

New recommendations on drug-resistance testing, genotypic tropism assays, starting treatment, acute infection, pregnancy and interactions.

Published
15 February 2013
From
AIDSinfo
TB prevention
HIV and TB in Practice for nurses: Pregnancy and TB/HIV

This article explains how to prevent and treat TB in pregnant women to protect both mother and child.

Published
14 February 2013
From
HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Pregnancy does not increase risk of nevirapine side-effects

Pregnancy does not increase the risk of nevirapine (Viramune) associated side-effects, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in the online edition of AIDS. Investigators

Published
07 February 2013
By
Michael Carter
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Uganda: Men Urged to Engage in HIV Fight

Men in Uganda have been asked to engage in the prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) initiatives in a bid to reduce the accelerating rates of HIV/AIDS infections in the country.

Published
29 January 2013
From
New Vision
Infant feeding
Bottle-Feeding Urged for US Moms with HIV

American women with HIV shouldn't breastfeed their babies, regardless of low levels of the virus and antiviral treatment, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) cautioned.

Published
28 January 2013
From
MedPage Today
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Swaziland: U.S. Government Announces USAID and Mothers2mothers (m2m) Partnership to End Pediatric Aids

]In a response to the high rate of AIDS deaths and pediatric HIV in Southern and Eastern Africa, the United States Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and mothers2mothers (m2m) launched a five-year regional partnership today at an event in Manzini, Swaziland.

Published
24 January 2013
From
AllAfrica
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Nine-study review raises no lopinavir efficacy or safety concerns in pregnancy

Systematic review of nine studies involving 2675 pregnant women found that standard-dose lopinavir/ritonavir controlled HIV replication and limited HIV transmission well, despite prior reports of low levels of the protease inhibitors in the third trimester

Published
17 January 2013
From
NATAP
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
HIV trial under scrutiny

A potential breakthrough in the quest to prevent HIV and AIDS has collided with sensitivities about testing expensive drugs in poor parts of the world.

Published
17 January 2013
From
Nature.com
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
HIV prevention: new pilots for beleaguered Swaziland

Swaziland, which has the world's highest incidence of HIV, is embarking on pilot projects to offer treatment to people who are HIV-positive, including pregnant women, irrespective of their CD4 count. Barbara Sibbald reports.

Published
11 January 2013
From
The Lancet
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
KENYA: Integration of PMTCT and maternal and child health gets results

Health programmes integrating services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV into regular maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) clinics, rather than operating PMTCT services as stand-along programmes, are showing positive results in Kenya, experts say.

Published
20 December 2012
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IRIN Plus News
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