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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Treatment with a protease inhibitor during the first trimester of pregnancy increases the risk of pre-term birth

Further evidence has emerged from research in the United States that antiretroviral therapy based on a protease inhibitor (PI) during the first three months of pregnancy

Published
18 December 2012
By
Michael Carter
Diagnosing children
Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics are essential to achieving an AIDS-free generation and improving outcomes in HIV-exposed children

This edition reviews recent evidence on point-of-care testing, on tests in development, and looks at experience of optimising performance of dried blood spot sampling.

Published
14 December 2012
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
Epidemiology and behaviour
More South African pregnant women contracting HIV

A new study has shown increased HIV infection rates among pregnant women living in areas with high migrant labour in South Africa, the country with one of the world's highest caseloads.

Published
13 December 2012
From
Jamaica Observer
Infant feeding
Exclusive breastfeeding hampered by infant illnesses, follow up of mothers with HIV shows

Only one third of women counselled to exclusively breast feed for six months in the Kesho Bora study were able to sustain the practice for at least

Published
07 December 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Infant feeding
KENYA: Exclusive breastfeeding on the rise

Kenya has made significant strides in boosting exclusive breastfeeding, even passing a new law banning the promotion of infant formula. Nevertheless, challenges to safe infant feeding - a major part of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission - remain.

Published
05 December 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
Global health initiatives
Clinton reveals ‘blueprint’ for reaching an ‘AIDS-free generation’

The world can control the AIDS epidemic in four or five years and set it on a trajectory to become a small, if permanent, problem, according to a State Department document made public Thursday. An “AIDS-free generation” — a goal that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton touted a year ago — could be reached by starting more infected people on AIDS drugs, circumcising men in high-prevalence countries and making sure that every HIV-positive pregnant woman is treated.

Published
30 November 2012
From
Washington Post
Global health initiatives
PEPFAR Blueprint: Creating an AIDS-Free Generation

Secretary Clinton commemorated World AIDS Day 2012 and unveiled the PEPFAR Blueprint: Creating an AIDS-free Generation that provides a roadmap for how the U.S. Government will work to help achieve an AIDS-free generation.

Published
29 November 2012
From
PEPFAR
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Lack of understanding of treatment benefits may discourage women with HIV from having children – and could increase the risk of vertical transmission

Two papers presented at the eleventh International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection this week in Glasgow suggest that some women with HIV may not have

Published
16 November 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Manchester study finds link between increased premature birth rate and HIV

A review of clinical records from Central Manchester University Hospitals has found more evidence of an increased rate of preterm delivery of babies born to HIV-positive

Published
15 November 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Adverse birth outcomes more frequent in women exposed to ART during pregnancy, largest-ever study confirms

Among HIV-infected women in Botswana, starting combination antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy was associated with an increased risk for adverse birth outcomes, including pre-term delivery, small for gestational age,

Published
30 October 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
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