Guidelines for the Management of HIV Infection in Pregnant Women and the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
- Hawkins, David
- Blott, M.
- Clayden, P.
- de Ruiter, A,
- Foster, G.
- Gilling-Smith, C.
- Gosrani, B.
- Lyall, H.
- Mercey, D.
- Newell, M.-L.
- O\u27Shea, S.
- Smith, R.
- Sunderland, J.
- Wood, Charles
- Taylor, G.
Publication date
January 2005
DOI Publisher
DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln ISSN
1464-2662 Language
English Citation count (estimate)
130Abstract
The prevalence of HIV infection amongst women giving birth in England and Wales has increased every year since 1990. Results from the Unlinked Anonymous Surveys of infection in pregnancy, show that in 2003, the prevalence reached one in 180 (0.56%) in inner London, one in 271 in outer London (0.37%) and one in 1,282 (0.08%) in the rest of England [1]. The majority of these women are from sub-Saharan Africa. The Department of Health policy of recommending an HIV test to every pregnant woman [2] has resulted in an increase in the proportion of these women who are aware of their diagnosis prior to delivery (more than 80% in London in 2001) and a decrease in the absolute number of infants infected in the UK [3]
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