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Conception
"How are we going to have a baby? I’m positive and you’re not"

Joanna Moss of the African Health Policy Network (AHPN) looks at conception and fertility guidelines and services for people living with HIV in the UK.

Published
22 October 2012
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HIV treatment update
Families and children
Non-infected Babies Born To HIV Mothers Have Decreased Resistance For Measles

Newborns without the HIV virus who have infected mothers need to be vaccinated immediately against measles, a new study says, in order to prevent the obtainment and transmission of the virus.

Published
19 October 2012
From
Medical News Today
Women
Forced sterilisation: Doctors face probe

Doctors in government and public hospitals are being investigated after a study claimed that they are sterilising women with HIV without their knowledge. Others are forcing them to undergo tubal ligation in exchange for antiretroviral treatment, according to the survey.

Published
31 August 2012
From
Daily Nation (Kenya)
HIV prevention policy
Time for multiple prevention technologies (MPTs) is now

Multiple prevention technologies for sexual and reproductive health, also called combination or dual technologies, include vaccines, microbicides and devices like intravaginal rings, diaphragms, and are designed to address multiple sexual and reproductive health needs, including prevention of unintended pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases including HIV, and other reproductive track infections (RTI).

Published
23 August 2012
From
Citizen News Service
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Male partner involvement improves HIV testing during pregnancy

Studies presented at the Nineteenth International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington DC called attention to the benefits of increasing male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)

Published
02 August 2012
By
Kelly Safreed-Harmon
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Transforming ‘PMTCT programmes into ART programmes’: UNICEF champions lifelong treatment for all HIV-positive pregnant women

At a session at the 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington DC, UNICEF official Chewe Luo called for transforming “PMTCT programmes into ART programmes” in

Published
26 July 2012
By
Kelly Safreed-Harmon
Delivery of care
HIV-Aids: Links with family planning bring benefits

Ethiopian policy makers, faced with a rapidly expanding population and rising numbers of HIV-Aids infections, decided to tackle both problems together.

Published
09 July 2012
From
Financial Times
Conception
New SOGC guidelines focus on how to help HIV-positive Canadians plan a safe pregnancy

A new clinical practice guideline helps doctors, nurses and midwives assist HIV-positive individuals or couples with their fertility and pregnancy planning decisions.

Published
21 June 2012
From
Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Keeping mothers in care: the real-world challenge for PMTCT programmes

Implementing new recommendations for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) using antiretroviral drugs has resulted in a significant reduction in new infant HIV infections in Zambia, a study

Published
07 March 2012
By
Keith Alcorn
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Performance of PMTCT in routine programme matches clinical trials, Botswana reports

Formula-fed infants born to women who started ART during pregnancy under routine programme conditions in Botswana, without frequent viral load monitoring or specialised care, were fourteen times less

Published
31 August 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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