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| Scale-up Strategy for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS in Resource-Limited Settings in Eurasia | |
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Author(s): | N. Nizova, Z. Shabarova, S. Posokhova, et al. |
Document type: | Abstracts |
Language: | English, Russian |
Original language of document: | English |
Publication date: | 2004 |
Primary area(s) of focus: | HIV/AIDS |
Material written specifically for patients: | No |
Date of entry: | June 10, 2004 |
| According to WHO/Europe, the former Soviet Union is facing one of the most rapidly increasing HIV epidemics in the world. More women are becoming infected and vertical transmission of HIV is steadily rising. To combat this, countries in this region are scaling up their response to the epidemic through various strategies, including the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. Countries invest in PMTCT first and foremost on humanitarian grounds because it may protect infants born to HIV+ woman from undue suffering and death. But, there are also economic reasons for implementing PMTCT programs, namely keeping infants virus free prevents long-term drains on health service resources. Ultimately, preventing pediatric HIV infection is less costly than caring for children who develop HIV/AIDS, especially if highly-active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is used., 1 p. | |
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