Prevention Of HIV Transmittance To Babies
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Last year, it was cause for celebration. The cause of celebration was for the
results that several clinical trials of zidovudine cut the risk for mother to
child transmission of human immune deficiency virus (HIV) by two thirds.
Although, this year, it is the basis for new federal recommendations ....
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.... a forum to voice their concerns about how best to balance women's own
medical needs with those of their infants. Other concerns of activists that
were voiced were that they don't want laws, policies or medical care imposed on
women merely as "vectors" who may transmit HIV to their infants.
The new guidelines recommend that all pregnant women should receive HIV
counseling and testing. These guidelines are aimed at helping pregnant women
know their HIV status early so that medical care, incl ....
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