The risk of transmitting HIV to infants during breastfeeding can be halved with a triple-drug regimen taken by mothers. These findings indicate that prophylaxis* with a three-drug regimen can safely ...

Effective strategies are urgently needed to reduce mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) through breast-feeding in resource-limited settings. Women with HIV-1 ...

Numerous HIV prevention options have been tested, with limited success. Microbicides have been the focus of research specifically targeted to prevent new infections among women. After decades of ...

More than 200,000 of the 500,000 new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections that occur each year in children are the result of transmission of the virus through the mother's breast milk. 1 In ...

Some mothers with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) with undetectable viral loads can safely breastfeed their infants, according to a clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

TRUVADA (emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) 200mg/300mg tablets by Gilead Sciences A new FDA-approved use offers help to couples in which one partner is HIV-positive and the other is not ...

More than 330,000 lives were lost to HIV/AIDS in South Africa from 2000 and 2005 because a feasible and timely antiretroviral (ARV) treatment program was not implemented, assert researchers in the ...

Mary R. Tanner, M.D., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues updated the 2016 nPEP guidelines and considerations for use in the United States, including considerations for testing and nPEP regimens ...

It is safe for a HIV positive mother to suckle her baby if she is on ARV treatment (Shutterstock) Grace* cuddles her one-year-old baby at Gilgil town, on a chilly morning. As the globe marks World ...

Antiretroviral-based microbicides and PrEP are likely to have a prominent role in preventing HIV infection in combination with other prevention interventions such as male and female condoms, medical ...