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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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Hacking's just another word for nothing left to kludge.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2015, @05:27AM
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
Classy, Ethanol.