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When one can infect two: a reflection on the impact of HIV discordance on child HIV infection
This is an opinion piece based on data and experience from Rwanda. The authors believe this opinion piece may help improve current programs on prevention of HIV transmission from mother to child in Africa taking into account the prevalence of HIV sero-discordance in couples. The authors recommend th...
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African Field Epidemiology Network
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984317/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21120009 |
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author | Binagwaho, Agnes Ratnayake, Niloo Mukherjee, Joia Mugabo, Jules Karita, Etienne Pegurri, Elisabetta |
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description | This is an opinion piece based on data and experience from Rwanda. The authors believe this opinion piece may help improve current programs on prevention of HIV transmission from mother to child in Africa taking into account the prevalence of HIV sero-discordance in couples. The authors recommend that if we want to ensure newborns stay HIV negative, PMTCT protocols should offer a series of HIV tests linked with antenatal visits and the lactation period as well as HIV testing of current sexual partners. Moreover, if the male partner is found to be positive and the woman is negative, programs should provide intensive counseling on the use of condoms. The lives of three individuals have the potential to be changed from HIV testing and counseling. Morally, this cannot be ignored. |
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spelling | pubmed-29843172010-11-30 When one can infect two: a reflection on the impact of HIV discordance on child HIV infection Binagwaho, Agnes Ratnayake, Niloo Mukherjee, Joia Mugabo, Jules Karita, Etienne Pegurri, Elisabetta Pan Afr Med J Life Sciences This is an opinion piece based on data and experience from Rwanda. The authors believe this opinion piece may help improve current programs on prevention of HIV transmission from mother to child in Africa taking into account the prevalence of HIV sero-discordance in couples. The authors recommend that if we want to ensure newborns stay HIV negative, PMTCT protocols should offer a series of HIV tests linked with antenatal visits and the lactation period as well as HIV testing of current sexual partners. Moreover, if the male partner is found to be positive and the woman is negative, programs should provide intensive counseling on the use of condoms. The lives of three individuals have the potential to be changed from HIV testing and counseling. Morally, this cannot be ignored. African Field Epidemiology Network 2010-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2984317/ /pubmed/21120009 Text en Copyright © Agnes Binagwaho et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Life Sciences Binagwaho, Agnes Ratnayake, Niloo Mukherjee, Joia Mugabo, Jules Karita, Etienne Pegurri, Elisabetta When one can infect two: a reflection on the impact of HIV discordance on child HIV infection |
title | When one can infect two: a reflection on the impact of HIV discordance on child HIV infection |
title_full | When one can infect two: a reflection on the impact of HIV discordance on child HIV infection |
title_fullStr | When one can infect two: a reflection on the impact of HIV discordance on child HIV infection |
title_full_unstemmed | When one can infect two: a reflection on the impact of HIV discordance on child HIV infection |
title_short | When one can infect two: a reflection on the impact of HIV discordance on child HIV infection |
title_sort | when one can infect two: a reflection on the impact of hiv discordance on child hiv infection |
topic | Life Sciences |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984317/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21120009 |
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