“Exposure to maternal HIV infection during pregnancy and while breastfeeding has been associated with poorer health outcomes and higher risk of mortality among children,” shared Dr. Emily Begnel, a ...

Unintended pregnancies are more common in sub-Saharan Africa than the world average: up to 91 out of 1,000 pregnancies compared to 64 in 1,000. Unintended pregnancy is common among women living with ...

Players in the health sector have raised concern over the rising mother-to-child HIV transmission in Kilifi county. They attributed the cases to the failure of pregnant and breastfeeding women to ...

As per the latest National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) report, 83 percent of all pregnant women are tested for HIV, and 78 percent of all pregnant women are tested for syphilis in India.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Denmark as the first EU country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, recognizing sustained efforts to ensure babies are born ...

Botswana has become the first high-burden country to be certified for achieving an important milestone on the path to eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV by the World Health Organization ...

Nyahururu District Hospital has been ranked top in the fight against transmission of HIV from mother to child. A research by a Non-Governmental Organisation, Centre for Health Solutions, found that ...

Delivering a single shot of gene therapy at birth could offer children protection against HIV for years. A study from the Tulane National Primate Research Center and California National Primate ...

The United Nations says mother-to-child HIV transmission can be eliminated by 2015 if health programs receive increased investments as planned. Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS, appealed to ...

Denmark has become the first EU country to eliminate the mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday. "The elimination of mother-to-child ...