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Paediatric HIV Infection – What’s New? |
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Parkside Auditorium |
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16:30 - 18:00, Tuesday, 24.07.2007 |
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Glenda Gray, South Africa
John Ziegler, Australia
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A key strategy of global and national AIDS prevention programmes is to prevent mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV. A controversial issue is whether breast-feeding should be universally discouraged among HIV-infected mothers. Better understanding of the pathogenetic mechanism of HIV transmission through breast-feeding will guide public health strategies to reduce the risk. There is growing evidence that breast feeding is beneficial in reducing infant mortality as well as HIV transmission in low income countries. However, the optimal strategy for implementing exclusive breast feeding in low-income countries still needs to be defined while the applicablilty of such approach in middle-income countries is uncertain.
With global scale-up of HAART, HIV-infected children will have improved prospect of survival and reduced risk of opportunistic infection. However, HIV-TB coinfection still poses a great challenge in terms of diagnosis and management. On the other hand, will HAART also have beneficial effect on the neurocognitive complications of HIV in children?
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Presentations in this session:16:30
TUBS201
Powerpoint (1.67 MB) | Pathogenic mechanisms of HIV transmission by breastfeeding
Philippe van de Perre, France
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TUBS202 | Breast feeding and MTCT of HIV - more benefit than hazard in low and middle income countries?
Ruth Nduati, Kenya
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TUBS203
Powerpoint (4.74 MB) | The challenges in diagnosis and management of HIV-TB coinfection in children
Sam Walters, United Kingdom
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TUBS204
Powerpoint (45 KB) | Neurocognitive aspects of HIV infection in children
Rita Jeremy, United States
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