Mother-to-child HIV transmission rate falling, but more can be done

Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 20:07 in Health & Medicine

Powerful anti-HIV therapies in the mid-1990s and the establishment of protocols by the CDC to treat pregnant women who are infected, and their babies, have slowed mother-to-child HIV transmission. Increased HIV-testing outreach and education efforts have also paid off.

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