New study findings could change treatments for HIV in young children. HIV remission may be possible for very young children who begin antiretroviral therapy (ART) hours after birth, according to ...

Early diagnosis and prompt antiretroviral therapy initiation are critical for children due to the rapid progression of HIV in infants, explains Priscilla Tsondai, MD, MPH, and unlike adults they ...

New study findings could change treatments for HIV in young children. HIV remission may be possible for very young children ...

A three-drug antiretroviral therapy essentially eliminates HIV transmission from mother to infant via breastfeeding, according to new results from large clinical trial held in sub-Saharan Africa and ...

Landmark studies demonstrated that reducing maternal viral load with zidovudine (ZDV) significantly decreased mother-to-infant HIV transmission. In subsequent trials, more-intensive treatment of ...

2005 The Abuja Call to Action [207]: - Recognizing that 15% of new HIV infections each year are caused by MTCTs, and that elimination of HIV infection in infants and young children would serve to ...

Bush first launched PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) in 2003, he called it “a work of mercy.” Since then, the health initiative has saved over twenty-six million lives, improved ...

Prince Harry has appeared in a new video with prominent global HIV advocates, including Magic Johnson and Charlize Theron.

Infants in Kenya can now be diagnosed for HIV, at birth. This is after World Health Organisation (WHO) issued the greenlight for use of Alere q HIV-1/2 Detect assay, a diagnostic tool that provides ...

Getty Images Guidelines for HIV-positive mothers who wish to breastfeed have been updated with new recommendations. HIV-positive mothers with undetectable viral load can now safely breastfeed their ...

Roger Osayende, a former management consultant, must advise the Ministry of Health of Ektu, a fictional country in Central Africa, on how to implement a new point-of-care diagnostic test for infants ...