Pregnancy & MTCT
Pregnancy & HIV MTCT
IAS 2015: Peer or Community Interventions Improve Outcomes for Mothers with HIV
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- Category: Pregnancy & HIV MTCT
- Published on Monday, 31 August 2015 00:00
- Written by Carole Leach-Lemens
Peer- and community-based interventions can significantly increase retention in care of mothers with HIV and improve attendance at early prenatal clinic visits, according to results from 2 large multi-country studies presented last month at the 8th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2015) in Vancouver.
Updated Guidelines for Pregnant Women with HIV and Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission
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- Category: Pregnancy & HIV MTCT
- Published on Tuesday, 11 August 2015 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week released an update to its Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission in the United States. Notable changes include discussion of antiretroviral treatment as prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for serodiscordant couples wishing to conceive, and a new section on options for perinatally infected women who are now pregnant themselves.
IAS 2015: Intensification of ART Reduces Risk of Late-term Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission
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- Category: Pregnancy & HIV MTCT
- Published on Wednesday, 05 August 2015 00:00
- Written by Carole Leach-Lemens
Maternal and infant antiretroviral therapy (ART) intensification is very effective in preventing HIV transmission during labor and birth from pregnant women with HIV in Thailand who present late for care, with less than 8 weeks of standard ART, Marc Lallemant reported at the 8th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2015) last month in Vancouver.
IAS 2015: Implant and Injectable Hormonal Contraception Most Effective Methods for Women with HIV
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- Category: Pregnancy & HIV MTCT
- Published on Tuesday, 11 August 2015 00:00
- Written by Carole Leach-Lemens
Hormonal contraceptive methods are highly effective in reducing the risk of pregnancy in women living with HIV whether on antiretroviral therapy (ART) or not, according to an evaluation involving over 5000 women, according to a report at the 8th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Vancouver last month.
IAS 2015: Cash Encourages Circumcision, Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission
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- Category: Circumcision
- Published on Wednesday, 05 August 2015 00:00
- Written by Keith Alcorn
Cash compensation can improve the uptake of key HIV prevention services in sub-Saharan Africa, according to results from 2 randomized studies presented at the 8th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention last month in Vancouver. A randomized trial conducted in Nyanza province, Kenya, showed that offering compensation in the form of food vouchers resulted in a significantly higher uptake of medical male circumcision, while a second randomized trial conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo showed that providing modest cash incentives significantly increased retention in services for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission.
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