Transmission of HIV from mother to child.
Over 4,000 cases of women with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have been reported from every area of the UK (PHLS 1997). There are over 300 births each year to HIV-positive mothers, with the highest prevalence in London. This joint report finds that HIV-positive women are generally not offered routine testing and treatment, and recommends that a programme to prevent the transmission of HIV from mother to baby is needed urgently.
D000328:Adult; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods*; D012944:Social Support