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janrinok
on Wednesday July 01 2015, @08:39PM
from the they-are-thinking-of-the-children! dept.
from the they-are-thinking-of-the-children! dept.
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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Cuba Cuts Mother-to-Child HIV Transmissions to 2%
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(Score: 3, Informative) by fnj on Thursday July 02 2015, @01:23AM
And now you in turn have become the victim of imbecile moderators.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday July 02 2015, @05:18AM
And now you in turn have become the victim of imbecile moderators.
Or, you have become the beneficiary of enlightened moderators trying to save you from you own stupidity. If you do not notice a difference between the two, that means it is the latter (that means, second option, enlightened moderators, if you do not understand the whole "former" versus "latter" distinction thing). So carry on. Any chance anyone here is Marco Rubio? Or just Marco? (Polo!). I am really starting to suspect that Gov. LePage is a Soylentil. But just think if the United States put it's defense budget into public health. DARPA would be Medical something Research Public something, and the US could beat Cuba in the race for health! Ah, just a dream, like Bacardi Rum getting it's land back so it can exploit peasants again, just like in the old days!