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HIV/AIDS Vertical Transmission
Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission integrated into routine antenatal care
February 2nd, 2006
Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission was integrated into routine antenatal care. "With funds from Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Board implemented a program to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 (PMTCT) as part of its routine antenatal care, with single-dose maternal and infant peripartum nevirapine (NVP) prophylaxis of HIV-positive mothers and their babies. "Nurses, midwives, nurse aides, and trained birth attendants counseled pregnant women, obtained risk factor data, and offered free HIV testing with same-day results," wrote investigators in the United States. ...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-02)
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