Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission

Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission.

Vertical transmission of HIV can be reduced, however, anti-HIV therapy and proper prenatal care are not always available to all women who need them. The Bay Area Perinatal AIDS Center (BAPAC) in San Francisco has attacked these issues and has reduced the number of vertical transmissions to virtually zero. BAPAC's comprehensive program of educating pregnant women on treatment options, attending ...

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV

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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Haiti.

OBJECTIVES To describe the effectiveness of a program designed to reduce the rate of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV at the primary HIV testing and treatment center in Haiti between 1999 and 2004. METHODS All pregnant, HIV-positive women who attended the major HIV testing and treatment clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, between March 1999 and December 2004 were asked to participate i...

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection.

Worldwide, >1000 children are newly infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) each day; the majority of these children are in sub-Saharan Africa. The primary mode of HIV acquisition is through mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding. In well-resourced health care systems, like those in the United States, universal HIV testing for pregnant women,...

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa.

HIV infection and mortality rates in African children are astoundingly high. Risk factors for mother-to-child transmission of HIV include maternal plasma viral load and breastfeeding. With regard to the latter, current data indicate that mixed feeding (breastfeeding with other oral foods and liquids) is associated with the greatest risk of transmission. Studies are under way to determine if exc...