Publisher's Synopsis
Perinatal use of Zidovudine, AZT and other treatments have reduced the rate of HIV-infected infants to a few hundred per year in developed nations; in emerging nations, 1600 infants are born at risk to HIV every day. A future generation of children with HIV can be prevented now by delivering known interventions on more economical, society-specific levels. This volume combines the proceedings of two conferences. The Global Conference on the Prevention of AIDS Transmission from Mothers to Infants concentrated on social, political and cultural forces in the epidemiology of HIV. Workshop panels offered interventions specific to the cultures and infrastructures of Haiti, India, Brazil, Barbados, Thailand and eight other developing countries. A satellite conference focused on the clinical aspects of maternofoetal, infant and paediatric AIDS. The summary proceedings offer international health agencies working models of culture-sensitive, realistic intervention programmes for countries most at risk.
