HIV-Infected mothers who decide to breastfeed their infants under close supervision in Belgium: About two cases (2020)
A case report from Belgium in which specific guidelines were implemented in order to support two mothers' choice to breastfeed. As a result of different prophylactic measures including antiretrovirals in mothers and infants and close follow-up, none of the infants were infected.
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- Read on the Frontiers Pediatrics site
Red Mexicana de Organizaciones contra la Criminalización del VIH
Declaración de posicionamiento de las organizaciones integrantes de la Red Mexicana de Organizaciones contra la criminalización del VIH, en la que se pronuncian en contra de cualquier tipo de criminalización de la transmisión de este virus, ya que van en contra de los derechos humanos, y nos coloca a todos en una situación de riesgo y vulnerabilidad frente al VIH. Las organizaciones, junto con otros firmantes, implementarán las estrategias necesarias para derogar este tipo de leyes y poner fin a cualquier intento futuro de criminalización.
Closing the gap: increases in life expectancy among treated HIV-positive individuals in the United States and Canada
Estimates temporal changes in life expectancy among HIV-positive adults on ART from 2000–2007 in the U.S. and Canada. Found a 20-year-old HIV-positive adult on ART could expect to live into their early 70s, a life expectancy approaching that of the general population. Differences by sex, race, HIV transmission risk group, and CD4 count remained.