Preventive Medicine

CMMB launches South Africa clinic for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, March 17th, 2002

Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB), a nongovernmental organization that operates healthcare programs in developing nations, has launched the first of at least three clinics in South Africa to prevent mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV/AIDS.

The program, called "Born to Live," will be staffed and operated by CMMB from St. Anne's Clinic, adjacent to St. Mary's Mission Trust Hospital, Mariannhill in KwaZulu Natal. This year alone more than 1100 high-risk, pregnant women at the clinic will receive counseling, testing, and medication, including the antiretroviral drug nevirapine.

The U.S. Public Health Service and World Health Organization...

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