Research & News
Why Women Decline Rapid HIV Test at Delivery
Jul 31, 2011
Women with an undocumented HIV status at time of labor who declined a rapid HIV test via informed consent were more likely to have had prenatal care than those who consented. This declination may result from a prior offer of HIV testing during routine prenatal care or... Read More
ARVs and Impact on HIV-Exposed Uninfected Children
Jul 31, 2011
Recommendations for ARV use during pregnancy and breastfeeding in low resource settings has created a large population of HIV-exposed and ARV -exposed children. While the positive impact of prevention of perinatal HIV through use of ARVs is obvious, and short-term impacts... Read More
HIV Management During Pregnancy
Jul 31, 2011
Providers must consider preconception counseling to prevent pregnancy, early diagnosis in pregnancy for those women that are infected with HIV, impact of antiretrovirals in terms of toxicity on mother and fetus, possible drug resistance, and co-infections among other issues... Read More
Incidence and Care for Pregnant Perinatally-Infected Women
Jul 31, 2011
As women perinatally-infected with HIV mature, prevention of perinatal transmission in their children becomes relevant. This cohort showed a 26% pregnancy rate among participants at a comprehensive clinic in New York City. Coordination of medical services was a... Read More
In Utero Exposure to HAART and Subsequent Cardiac Effects
Jul 31, 2011
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute CHAART-1 study found that in utero exposure to antiretroviral therapy to prevent perinatal HIV transmission had lasting outcome on HIV-negative infants, including impairment of myocardial growth among others. These findings... Read More
Recent HIV Infection Associated with In-Utero HIV Transmission
Jul 30, 2011
Using mathematical modeling, women in Malawi who were determined to be recently infected with HIV were almost three times as likely to see in-utero HIV transmission than those who had been infected for longer periods of time. Transmission rates were 17.8% for recently... Read More
Awareness of Prechewing Food by HIV-Infected Women
Jul 29, 2011
Prechewing of food by an HIV-positive individual before providing it to an infant is a risk factor for HIV transmission. Reasearchers in three Latin American countries found that over a third of HIV-positive women were aware of prechewing or prewarming food for infants -... Read More
Education of Prenatal Providers Helps to Improve HIV Testing Rates
Jul 27, 2011
Authors found that targeting and tailoring education to different types of prenatal providers in a specific clinic increased prenatal HIV testing from approximately 79% to over 94%, matching testing rates of other conditions such as gestational diabetes. Auditing and... Read More
Family Planning for HIV-Positive Women
Jul 26, 2011
As unintended pregnancy rates can be as high as 58% in areas of high HIV prevalence in low resource settings, it is important to integrate HIV and family planning services to help reduce poor outcomes for mom and infant. Despite recommendations from the World Health... Read More
Exposure to Kaletra and Adrenal Problems Among Infants
Jul 21, 2011
Researchers compared HIV-exposed infants treated postnatally with lopinavir-ritonavir (Kaletra) with those treated with zidovudine (AZT). Those exposed to Kaletra had elevated 17OHP levels. There was also an increase in values for those exposed in utero versus not exposed... Read More
