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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Happy families

Sally Farthing is an HIV specialist midwife at West Middlesex Hospital in Isleworth, west London. She praises the measures – and the mothers – who together have sent

Published
01 July 2010
From
HIV treatment update
Conception
Try this at home

For couples where the woman has HIV and the man does not, self-insemination is a safe way to get pregnant. Selina Corkery and Roger Pebody explain.

Published
01 May 2010
From
HIV treatment update
HIV testing
Missed opportunities for HIV testing of pregnant women

Kenyan women are becoming infected with HIV during pregnancy at very high rates, and repeat testing prior to delivery, or at the earliest possible opportunity

Published
25 February 2010
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Families and children
Maternal death rate five times higher in women with HIV, South African audit shows

Maternal mortality ratios in Johannesburg, South Africa in HIV-infected women are more than six times higher than in HIV-negative women despite integration of antiretroviral treatment

Published
10 August 2009
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Families and children
Maternal HIV-positive status shown to be linked to poor vaccination coverage in children

Children born to HIV-positive mothers were 25 to 40% less likely to be vaccinated for childhood diseases, according to findings from a study based on

Published
20 April 2009
By
Lesley Odendal
Reproductive health
HIV and malaria important causes of maternal death, African study shows

Efforts to reduce maternal mortality in Africa are not being driven by evidence, say Spanish and Mozambican reasearchers, after an autopsy study published this week

Published
20 February 2008
By
Keith Alcorn
Families and children
TB in HIV-positive Indian mothers doubles risk of maternal and infant death

Postpartum tuberculosis (TB) in HIV-infected pregnant women is associated with a high incidence of maternal and infant deaths, according to the findings of a prospective

Published
19 July 2007
By
Tom Egwang
Families and children
Maternal and infant malaria protects against early childhood mortality in offspring of HIV-positive Kenyan women

Placental and infant malaria protect HIV-infected infants against early childhood deaths, according to the findings of a longitudinal study published in the July 1st edition

Published
05 June 2007
By
Tom Egwang
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
HIV treatment for mothers and children in Botswana: lessons from a dynamic programme

Lessons from the Botswana national PMTCT programme on scaling up antiretroviral treatment for mothers and children.

Published
20 October 2006
From
HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
Getting the most prevention and care out of programmes for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission

Review of evidence from the 2006 HIV Implementers' meeting on how PMTCT programmes can be intergrated into, and strengthen, maternal-child health services.

Published
14 July 2006
From
HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
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