WHO Publishes "Programmatic Update" on Use of ARVs to Treat Pregnant Women, Prevent PMTCT
April 10, 2012
The WHO "recently published a 'Programmatic Update' [.pdf] on the use of antiretrovirals (ARVs) to treat pregnant women and prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT)," the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog reports. "According to the executive summary, the WHO has started a comprehensive revision of all ARV guidelines, to include ARVs for pregnant women, which it plans to release in early 2013," the blog notes (Mazzotta, 4/9).
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