AIDS Epidemiology

Fewer AIDS babies born in U.S. but worldwide transmissions remain epidemic

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, December 14th, 2003

The World Health Organization estimates that about 800,000 infants become infected with HIV each year around the globe, mainly through mother-to-child transmission, which can occur during pregnancy and labor or after delivery through breast milk.

The problem is most acute in developing nations, where mothers have little access to AIDS treatment; health experts say such transmissions could largely be prevented by drugs administered before, during and immediately after birth. That's backed up by a dramatic decrease in the number of U.S. cases of perinatal HIV, as it is known.

Experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believe the...

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