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Cuba Cuts Mother-to-Child HIV Transmissions to 2%

posted by janrinok on Wednesday July 01 2015, @08:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the they-are-thinking-of-the-children! dept.

FakeBeldin writes:

The BBC reports

Cuba has successfully eliminated mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and syphilis, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. The head of the WHO, Dr Margaret Chan, called it one of the greatest public health achievements possible. It follows years of efforts to give pregnant women early access to prenatal care, testing and drugs to stop these diseases passing from mother to child.
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In Cuba, according to the available official data, less than 2% of children whose mothers have HIV are born with the virus - the lowest rate possible with the available prevention methods.

Untreated, they have a 15-45% chance of transmitting the virus to their children during pregnancy, labour, delivery or breastfeeding.

Kudos to Cuba!

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by VLM on Wednesday July 01 2015, @09:40PM

    by VLM (445) on Wednesday July 01 2015, @09:40PM (#203971)

    Hey AC you do know the history of the Catholic church in Cuba, right? Castro wasn't exactly a huge fan. I bet there's been more "action" in NYC than Havana, for example.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 01 2015, @10:09PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 01 2015, @10:09PM (#203978)

    Was your parish priest your mother?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2015, @05:27AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2015, @05:27AM (#204108)

      No, but the Parish priest fucked your mother and your father and you. So you are the child of the parish priest your mother and you.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2015, @12:25PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2015, @12:25PM (#204181)

        Classy, Ethanol.