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  2. HIV and pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    If a pregnant woman presents in labor with an unknown HIV status and a positive rapid HIV test result or an infant has a high risk of HIV transmission in utero (for example, the mother was not taking antiretroviral drugs in the pre-pregnancy period or during pregnancy, the mother had not achieved viral suppression, or the mother experienced an ...

  3. Mom of 4 who hid HIV status for 14 years shares her story and ...

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    CHICAGO -- When Chatrivia Kennedy was summoned to her doctor’s office for the results of a blood test at eight months pregnant with her second child, she prepared herself for the news. Less than ...

  4. mothers2mothers - Wikipedia

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    Since 2001, mothers2mothers has enrolled over 1,000,000 HIV-positive pregnant women and new-mothers and logged nearly three million unique client interactions. At least one source claims that in 2010, mothers2mothers enrolled approximately 300,000 unique HIV-positive pregnant women and new mothers into its program. [ 5 ]

  5. US pediatricians group reverses decades-old ban on ...

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    It recognizes that routinely prescribed drugs can reduce the risk of transmitting HIV via breast milk to less than 1%, said Dr. Lisa Abuogi, a ped US pediatricians group reverses decades-old ban ...

  6. Breastfeeding and HIV - Wikipedia

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    Breastfeeding by HIV-infected mothers is the practice of breastfeeding of HIV-infected mothers and include those who may want to or are currently breastfeeding. HIV can be transmitted to the infant through breastfeeding. [1] The risk of transmission varies and depends on the viral load in the mother's milk. [2]

  7. Obstetric medicine - Wikipedia

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    Out of the 2 million people in the world living with HIV, 90% of them contract it from their HIV-positive mother from either breastfeeding, pregnancy, or birth. [19] HIV positive women who become pregnant require special types of treatment in order to prevent transmission from mother to fetus. Antiretrovirals are medications that reduce the ...

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