World AIDS Foundation

Civil strife in Haiti could derail progress on HIV transmission rates

Published in AIDS Weekly and Law, March 18th, 2004

Increases in HIV infection rates often follow in the wake of civil strife, and Haiti is no exception, says infectious disease expert Ruth Berggren. Berggren has been working with the community-based group Management and Resources for Community Health (MARCH) Foundation in Haiti to prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to their newborns.

The World AIDS Foundation has awarded a $142,000 grant to the partnership for a project that will study the feasibility of giving HIV-positive mothers greater access to health care and HIV medication to prevent passing the virus to their babies during birth. Tulane infectious disease specialist Ruth Berggren is co-investigator on...

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