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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Christopher Alba, of the Medical Practice Evaluation Center at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is the lead author and Caitlin Dugdale, MD, MSc of the Division of Infectious Diseases at MGH, is ...

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 ...

The Global Health Initiative (GHI) is a tripartite collaboration among Northwestern University, non-profit donors, and commercial diagnostics companies. GHI attempts to bridge the gap between the ...