Dr. Laura Guay, the Foundation’s Vice President of Research, also conducted a journalist training today sponsored by the National Press Foundation, teaching reporters about some of the most misunderstood issues concerning HIV and children
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HIV in Children: Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission
1. HIV in Children: Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission Dr. Laura Guay Vice President for Research Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation J2J Global Media Training on HIV/AIDS July 14, 2010 Vienna, Austria
18. Provides opportunity as an entry point into HIV Care for large number of HIV-infected women and their infected infants
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20. Timing of HIV transmission to the infant During pregnancyAround labour/deliveryDuring Breastfeeding
21. If women and newborns take 1 dose of the drug nevirapine around the time the baby is born - - only ~16 out of 100 babies will getHIV from their mothers.
22. If women and newborns take a combination of HIV drugs during pregnancy and after delivery - - as few as 4-6 out of 100 babies will get HIV from their mothers.
32. Avoid all breastfeeding(Taking into account socioeconomics, health services, and local infant mortality and under-nutrition)
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34. Allows early identification of children who will benefit from antiretroviral treatment, appropriate infant feeding choices, prophylaxis, and close medical follow-up