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21 juillet 2021
- doi: 10.4000/books.ifp.9160
- isbn: 9788184701227
- eisbn: 9791036566646
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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India medecine aids health birth maternity Inde médecine sida santé naissance maternité Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Health Policy & Services SOC000000 GTGSujets proches
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Suniti Solomon, « 5. Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV Infection in India: A Medical Perspective », Institut Français de Pondichéry, ID : 10.4000/books.ifp.9160
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At the end of 2002, records showed an estimate of 42 million people with HIV of which almost half of the infections are women (UNAIDS/WHO 2002). Perinatal transmission accounts for over 90 % of infections among infected children (Ranbaxy Science Foundation 2000). It is estimated that 2.4 million HIV -infected women deliver babies each year, resulting in 600,000 new infections worldwide in infants annually i.e. about 1,600 infants acquire HIV infection each day. The Joint United Nations Progra...