Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
Source:
INFO Project at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs,
2008
: 2 p.
This brief focuses on the following key points:
- HIV-positive women can transmit HIV to their infants during pregnancy, childbirth, or while breastfeeding.
- Providing HIV prevention, care and treatment within existing maternal and child health services dramatically improves their uptake, improving maternal health and reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
- Regions/Countries:
- Global
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