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Conception
"How are we going to have a baby? I’m positive and you’re not"

Joanna Moss of the African Health Policy Network (AHPN) looks at conception and fertility guidelines and services for people living with HIV in the UK.

Published
22 October 2012
From
HIV treatment update
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Late start for ART in pregnancy increases HIV transmission risk during breastfeeding period

A high viral load at the time of starting treatment during pregnancy and a shorter time on antiretroviral therapy (ART) before delivery continued to place mothers

Published
27 September 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Adherence
Global evidence of lower adherence to ARVs after giving birth

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence levels among pregnant women with HIV, in both high- and low-income countries, during pregnancy and especially after giving birth are significantly below what is

Published
25 September 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
Option B+ and treatments for pregnant women living with HIV in Africa

UNICEF are promoting an approach to reduce vertical transmission in resource poor settings known as Option B+. Whilst a programme that reduces risk of transmission of HIV to unborn children, transmission to HIV negative partners and increases mothers’ life expectancy should be highly commended, there are issues that Option B+ fails to address.

Published
20 September 2012
From
Positively UK
Human rights
Kenya: Sterilization in HIV Is Unacceptable, Faith Leaders

Forced contraceptive sterilization of women living with HIV which occurred recently in the country, according to reports, is an unacceptable infringement on the woman's rights which hurts the gains in the efforts to turn the tide against the epidemic, senior Kenyan faith leaders are warning.

Published
20 September 2012
From
allAfrica.com
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
ART for life cost effective for prevention of mother-to-child transmission in Uganda

Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) provided to all pregnant women with HIV who have CD4 cell counts under 350 cells/mm3 (World Health Organization Option B) in Uganda appears to

Published
18 September 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
UGANDA: Government adopts new PMTCT strategy

The government of Uganda has launched the UN World Health Organization's (WHO) "Option B+" to boost the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT).

Published
14 September 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
Human rights
HIV-positive women 'routinely sterilised without consent' in Kenya

Kenya has launched an investigation after researchers claimed HIV-positive women were being routinely sterilised without their consent in government hospitals.

Published
05 September 2012
From
The Guardian
Conception
Revised DHHS Guidelines for Perinatal Antiretroviral Use

The new guidelines offer more treatment options for pregnant HIV-infected women and explore the range of options available for safe conception in HIV-serodiscordant couples.

Published
03 September 2012
From
Journal Watch HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
Combatting stigma
HIV Stigma Is a Barrier to Prenatal Care, Study Finds

Fear of being stigmatized as an AIDS patient is still a major barrier to good care for pregnant young women in many countries, a new study and a literature review have found.

Published
30 August 2012
From
The New York Times
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