Usa Statistics About Pregnant Women With Hiv

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The Feminization of an Epidemic

Women and HIV in the United States Women represent the fastest growing demographic of HIV infections worldwide. In order to work on reversing this trend, we must have a thorough understanding of the unique issues that affect women living with HIV infection. To date, the medical community has focused a large amount of its research efforts on HIV/AIDS in men. 1 ,2 However, both clinical experience and the observational data that we do have...

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AIDS ignorance in USA

Hi doctor, as a european man I visited USA for the first time mainly New York and Miami. I was shocked by the fact that people are so ignorant about AIDS. In Europe we have condom machines everywhere and booklets in the bars about safe sex and AIDS....

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,I absolutely agree with you! HIV prevention efforts here in the U.S. have been eviscerated by our current puritanical administration. The consequences of "abstinence only" sex education are being seen in rising rates of STDs,... Read more »

pregnant women

dear Docs.how many pregnant women are infected with hivin USA each year? How many child borns with the virus?Tanks . Mildred...

Response from John L. Sullivan, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

Over the past 10 years the number of HIV infected pregnant women in the US has been stable at 6000-7000/year; it is estimated that the overall transmission rate has dropped below 5% which would translate to approximately 200 infants with HIV... Read more »

Statistics - Pregnancy and Efavirenz

Dear Dr LeeI am planning to become pregnant in the near future. I am 36, 12 years HIV positive. CD4 +900, VL <50. I currently take AZT, DDI and Sustiva. I have been taking this combination for over 6 years and luckily suffer no side effects....

Response from Sharon Lee, M.D.

University of Kansas Medical Center

If you look at the FDA warning on the use of antiretrovirals in pregnancy, you will see that the only medicine that is actually not recommended in pregnancy is Sustiva. There is a reason for this. The actual numbers of reported birth defects (in... Read more »

Disturbing statistic

Dear Rick,Would you please explain the 26% of women who were reported with aids in 1996 that had no known risk factor? Do we as the public need to worry about contracting it casually? Thank you....

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question.In regard to cases of AIDS where the persons risk has not been identified, let me tell you the "statistic behind the statistic". I'll use USA AIDS statistics as an example. Out of 612,078 cases of... Read more »

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where to find a hiv specialist for pregnant women in Atlanta area

Posted by nandi26, 1 Reply

Im looking for phone numbers of doctors or institutions in the Atlanta area that treat pregnant hiv women. thank you. Read more »

HIV Statistics

Posted by Anonymous

Where can I find statistics on HIV infection in the Navy broken down to different demographic levels? In particular, the number of women that are in the navy and have HIV.

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Hiv and Statistics

Posted by ms203, 2 Replies

Ok there have been a hugh leap in recent studies that Gay and Bi-sexual men are more likely to contact Hiv.

My question is , If so why do men continue to do such unsafe sex methods??? I'm a Heterosexual, although I did receive oral from a man before... Read more »

HIV statistics

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hello,

How the numbers compiled for HIV stats worldwide etc. Or more to the point how do they know how it was caught, i.e hetro sex, gay sex, drug use etc Do they rely on the persons hoensty for this? For examle a hetro guy could go with men but not... Read more »

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