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HIV Testing (Obstetrics)
Britain To Offer Pregnant Women HIV Tests
August 23rd, 1999
Britain has planned to offer all pregnant women testing in a bid to cut the number of babies born with HIV, Health Minister Tessa Jowell said. "If we look at the rest of Europe, we have done very well in this country in preventing the spread of HIV and AIDS. It is in this very particular area - the preventable transmission of HIV from mother to baby - that we rank among the worst," she said. "That is what we want to put right," she told BBC Radio. So HIV screening is to be made available at every antenatal clinic in the country. Health experts say a combination of antiretroviral drugs, birth by cesarean section, and...
Source: AIDS Weekly (1999-08-23)
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