PMTCT - Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Aug 14, 2018
The MTCT-Plus Initiative, the world’s first multi-country HIV treatment program, aimed to demonstrate to a disbelieving world that it was possible to provide care and antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in resource-limited settings, using programs to prevent...
Jun 21, 2018
Langwenya N, Phillips TK, Brittain K, Zerbe A, Abrams EJ, Myer L. J Int AIDS Soc. 2018 Jun;21(6):e25133. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25133. INTRODUCTION: Many prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programmes across Africa initiate HIV-infected (HIV positive) pregnant...
Jun 14, 2018
Deschamps MM, Jannat-Khah D, Rouzier V, Bonhomme J, Pierrot J, Lee MH, Abrams E, Pape J, McNairy ML. Trop Med Int Health. 2018 Jul;23(7):724-737. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13075. Epub 2018 Jun 14. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate mother and infant outcomes in the largest...
Mar 31, 2017
Background and Rationale In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed universal treatment for all people living with HIV. Now the global community is striving to reach three ambitious targets by the year 2020: 90 percent of all people living with HIV will...
Oct 11, 2016
When: October 11, 2016 Presented by: Dr. Elaine Abrams Senior Research Director, ICAP Professor, Epidemiology and Pediatrics Columbia University