Contraception's proved potential to fight HIV
| Autor: | H W Reynolds, M J Steiner, Willard Cates |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Letter Mother to child transmission Nevirapine Adolescent Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) HIV Infections Dermatology medicine.disease_cause World health Condoms Pregnancy medicine Humans Pregnancy Complications Infectious Gynecology Potential impact business.industry virus diseases Middle Aged medicine.disease Infectious Disease Transmission Vertical Contraception Infectious Diseases Contraceptive use Family planning Family medicine Female business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Sexually Transmitted Infections. 81:184-185 |
| ISSN: | 1368-4973 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/sti.2004.012013 |
| Popis: | Mitchell and Stephens1 bring attention to an issue we believe warrants much more emphasis, contraception for HIV infected women. A World Health Organization meeting identified prevention of unintended pregnancies to HIV infected women as a key strategy in preventing mother to child transmission (MTCT).2 To date, three different models have shown the potential impact of family planning services on preventing HIV sequelae. Firstly, a simulation model demonstrated that just moderate reductions in unintended pregnancies to HIV infected women would yield equivalent reductions in infant HIV infections as nevirapine for pregnant, HIV infected women.3 Secondly, another model showed adding family planning to MTCT programmes produced major reductions in infant HIV infections and orphans with this strategy.4 Finally, a third model found that increasing contraceptive use among non-users of contraception who do not want to get pregnant … |
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