Paediatric medicine
Reducing the Odds
Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV in the United States
by Michael A. Stoto, Donna A. Almario, and Marie C. McCormick, Editors; Committee on Perinatal Transmission of HIV, Institute of Medicine, and Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council
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Thousands of HIV-positive women give birth every year. Further, because many pregnant women are not tested for HIV and therefore do not receive treatment, the number of children born with HIV is still unacceptably high. What can we do to eliminate this tragic and costly inheritance? In response to a congressional request, this book evaluates the extent to which state efforts have been effective in reducing the perinatal transmission of HIV. The committee recommends that testing HIV be a routine part of prenatal care, and that health care providers notify women that HIV testing is part of the usual array of prenatal tests and that they have an opportunity to refuse the HIV test. This approach could help both reduce the number of pediatric AIDS cases and improve treatment for mothers with AIDS.
Reducing the Odds will be of special interest to federal, state, and local health policymakers, prenatal care providers, maternal and child health specialists, public health practitioners, and advocates for HIV/AIDS patients. January
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- Publisher National Academies Press
- Publication Date January 1999
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780309062862
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 39.95 USD
- Pages416
- ReadershipProfessional and scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions9 x 6 inches
- Biblio Notes1999
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