title: Global strategies for the prevention of HIV transmission from mothers to infants.
abstract: The first part of this paper provides a brief overview of the global situation, the second will describe several scenarios that capture the key features of the emerging epidemics, and the third will present the specific challenges that these scenarios pose to us in terms of preventing the further spread of HIV.
authors.affiliation: South African Medical Research Council, Southern African Fogarty AITRP, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Durbin, South Africa. karimq@mrc-ac-za
authors.forename: Q A
authors.initials: QA
authors.lastname: Karim
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015995:Prevalence; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health