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Uninfected Infants May Carry Maternal HIV Antibodies Beyond 18 Months

A significant percentage of infants born to HIV-infected mothers still have maternal HIV antibodies well beyond 18 months of age, which is the cutoff for the surveillance case definition for HIV infection currently used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Published
24 August 2012
From
Medscape (requires free registration)
Infant feeding
DNA sequencing confirms HIV transmission through surrogate breastfeeding

DNA sequencing has provided evidence of HIV-1 transmission from an infected woman breastfeeding her niece in South Africa, drawing attention to infant feeding practices and the need for HIV testing of all breastfeeding surrogates as well as mothers.

Published
23 August 2012
From
Wellcome Trust
Infant feeding
A compound in breast milk may help to protect infants from HIV transmission

An international team of researchers has found that certain bioactive components found in human milk, called human milk ologosaccharides (HMOs) appear to help reduce the risk of HIV transmission from an HIV infected mother to her breast-fed infant. A study found that mothers whose milk contained high levels of HMOs were less liekly to transmit HIV to the babies. The HMOs appear to work by promoting growth of protective bacteria in the babies' diegestive systems.

Published
16 August 2012
From
EurekAlert
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Male partner involvement improves HIV testing during pregnancy

Studies presented at the Nineteenth International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington DC called attention to the benefits of increasing male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)

Published
02 August 2012
By
Kelly Safreed-Harmon
Retention and linkage to care
HIV treatment for children: how programmes are improving diagnosis and retention

“It is unacceptable that children at this point in time are not receiving treatment,” René Ekpini of UNICEF told a satellite session supported by UNICEF, IAS-ILF and MSH

Published
27 July 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Contraception
Does injectable hormonal contraception increase the risk of HIV infection?

The 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) heard further contradictory evidence this week on whether hormonal contraceptives, especially injectable ones, raise the risk to women of acquiring

Published
27 July 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
UN 'way off target' on promise to end HIV infections in newborn children

Although there is a UN-set goal to end new infections in babies by 2015, "we are totally off target," Chewe Luo, senior adviser on HIV and Aids at Unicef, told the International Aids Conference in Washington, DC. "The analysis we have done is that at most we are reducing these infections by 10% each year. [That means] 330,000 children are acquiring new infections each year."

Published
26 July 2012
From
The Guardian
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Transforming ‘PMTCT programmes into ART programmes’: UNICEF champions lifelong treatment for all HIV-positive pregnant women

At a session at the 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington DC, UNICEF official Chewe Luo called for transforming “PMTCT programmes into ART programmes” in

Published
26 July 2012
By
Kelly Safreed-Harmon
Access to medicines and treatment
Survey Says: HIV treatment scale up not so impressive in 23 countries

Much still needs to be done to get treatment to those who need it and to meet the UNAIDS-endorsed goal to achieve universal access by 2015, according to a new survey examining 25 HIV indicators assessing strategies, tools and policies to get the best HIV treatment to more people, sooner.

Published
25 July 2012
From
Science Speaks
Global health initiatives
Hillary Clinton pledges money for vulnerable minorities, reproductive rights, AIDS-free families

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received a relatively warm reception yesterday at the 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington DC, as she supported the

Published
24 July 2012
By
Gus Cairns
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