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Last week in their Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gave the latest statistics on racial and ethnic discrepancies among children diagnosed with perinatal HIV infection. Perinatal HIV infection is any form of HIV transmission from mother to child during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and breastfeeding.
Despite significant progress in other areas of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, studies are still reporting the majority of new perinatal infections to be among African Americans, seconded by Hispanics/Latinos.
This statistic is reflected in the latest data on perinatal…
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On November 30, 2009, the eve of World AIDS Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) released new recommendations on treatment, prevention, and infant feeding with respect to HIV. It is hoped that implementation of these new guidelines will improve the health of HIV-positive individuals, decrease the number of new HIV infections each year, and ultimately, save lives around the world.
“These new recommendations are based on the most up to date, available data,” said Dr. Hiroki Nakatani, WHO Assistant Director General for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases,…