Transmission Of AIDS From Mother To Child

Here's a taste of what TheBody.com has to offer on this topic:

Articles

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Kenyan Company Signs Agreement With German Company to Make Drug to Combat AIDS, HIV Transmission From Mother to Child

A Kenyan company has reached an agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim to make generic versions of the AIDS drug nevirapine, it was announced Friday. Cosmos Ltd. signed the voluntary license agreement with the German pharmaceutical company to produce... Read more »

Uganda Launches Plan to Eliminate Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS by 2015

Uganda has launched a new HIV/AIDS prevention strategy for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015, a senior ministry of health official said Wednesday. Objectives include adopting of a more cost-effective treatment regimen,... Read more »

African Delegates Call on Countries to Do More to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS

Delegates from 15 African countries this week concluded a three-day workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya, examining how countries can improve their efforts to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, VOA News reports. WHO Family and Reproductive... Read more »

Ask the Experts

mother to child transmission

can a HIV pos couple have a HIV neg baby? your reply is yes> how does this happen> doesn't the baby get the virus whilst in the womb with all body fluids present and even at conception? are you saying that the ARV's taken during...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

If the mother is on an effective HIV regimen that has reduced HIV levels in the blood to very low levels (preferably under 50 copies/ml) then risk for baby to be born with HIV infection is generally less than 1% (risk to baby is related to exposure... Read more »

Followup on mother to child HIV antibody transmission

I guess I wasn't clear in my first post. If a mother passes HIV antibodies only to her child, then the child is not at risk for infection. But the child will be labled HIV positive. As a result there will be treatments with very powerful drugs...

Response from Brooks Jackson, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

Infants of HIV+ mothers will typically test positive for HIV antibody until approximately 9 months of age and even up to 18 months of age because of maternal transfer of HIV antibody across the placenta. Therefore, to determine whether infants are... Read more »

Mother/Child transmission

If a woman is HIV positive and she has a bleeding fever blister and feeds her young child off her fork, what is the risk of transmission?...

Response from Brooks Jackson, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

If the child is not exposed to HIV infected blood, the risk of transmission in this case should be minimal.BJ... Read more »

Safer Drugs for Prevention of mother to child transmission

My Girlfriend and I are Hiv positive with her CD4 at 480 and 720 for me. We do not at the moment take any ARVS but she is 17 weeks pregnant. She was told at the PMCTC clinic that she will start treatment at 28 weeks with COMBIVIR AND NEVIRAPINE. I...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Combivir + Nevirapine has had lots of use in pregnancy but there are safety concerns if the CD4 count > 250 for women. In our clinic we often have used Kaletra (or other boosted protease inhibitor) + Truvada which can be a challenge to tolerate... Read more »

Go to Ask the Experts »

Connect With Others

AIDS mom & child

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I was recently diagnosed with AIDS and found out that my 5 year old boy has AIDS as well. He should be entering kindergarten this year and my husband (who is negative) is especially concerned about putting our child in school and exposing him to... Read more »

Transmission Risk?

Posted by grcboy77, 1 Reply

Hi,

Recently I rubbed a girl of unknown HIV status through her jeans. It felt a little damp. About 5 minutes later I thoughtlessly picked a pimple which bled. What is my HIV risk? Read more »

as a child i dealt with the pressure of A.I.D.S.

Posted by Anonymous

Oct. 1st, 1997 was the day I received my test results. I had been
having lots of fatigue during the summer. I am a young mother
with two small children, working part time and volunteering at
church. I thought this was the reason for my fatigue. My... Read more »

A Mothers Love

Posted by rehtom1, 4 Replies

A mothers love is strong and unconditional, however, right now I need your support to help me help my child. I'm suppose to be strong, but I'm feeling very weak right now. I'm feeling helpless. I have so many questions. The first being, HOW LONG... Read more »

Connect on Our Bulletin Boards »

Tools

My Health Tracker

Assess Your Risk for HIV

Find Local HIV/AIDS Services

Resource Centers

Guides for People With HIV

View All of Our Guides >>