Preventing and diagnosing HIV infection in infants and children
Abstract
Sub-Saharan Africa carries the brunt of the global Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic. The vast majority of HIV
transmission occurs through heterosexual contact with the highest infection rates occurring among women of childbearing age, therefore new born babies are frequently exposed to HIV. The World
Health Organisation (WHO) reported at the end of 2005 that 2 million children lived with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, and an additional 1 500 children in the region are newly infected each day.
transmission occurs through heterosexual contact with the highest infection rates occurring among women of childbearing age, therefore new born babies are frequently exposed to HIV. The World
Health Organisation (WHO) reported at the end of 2005 that 2 million children lived with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, and an additional 1 500 children in the region are newly infected each day.