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Interventions to prevent mother to child HIV transmission

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interventions to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV

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Interventions which can be used to reduce the vertical transmission include:

  • maternal antiretroviral therapy
    • antiretroviral monotherapy
    • combination antiretroviral therapy
    • intrapartum antiretroviral therapy
  • pre-labour, pre-rupture of membranes caesarean section

  • infant antiretroviral therapy prophylaxis

  • formula feeding rather than breastfeeding

  • maternal antiretroviral therapy during breastfeeding

  • infant nevirapine therapy during breastfeeding

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