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33 In low and middle-income countries, 33 per cent of HIV-positive pregnant women received antiretrovirals for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in 2007. |
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| Target: Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it |
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Preventing HIV infection in women of childbearing age and treating infected pregnant women with available drug combinations can greatly reduce the transmission of the virus to children. In low and middle-income countries, 33% of HIV-positive pregnant women received antiretrovirals for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in 2007.
In line with the new MDG focus on reproductive health, programmes aimed at improving maternal survival should include interventions to help reduce the incidence of, and treat, sexually transmitted infections. |
Source: UNICEF, UNAIDS and WHO, Towards Universal Access: Scaling up HIV services for women and children in the health sector – Progress Report 2008, UNICEF, New York, 2008, p.43. |
| Reference: http://www.unicef.org/sowc09/docs/SOWC09-FullReport-EN.pdf |
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