An expertised group in public health have found a successful way to protect the unborn babies mothers who are infected with HIV in Western Australia.They also mentioned this program could be utilised worldwide to prevent babies before they are born. A 100% success rate is observed following this program preventing the child from gettting infected though mother is found HIV positive over last 14 years.
A state-wide service went into various parts of the state and they treated pregnant women who are infected with HIV positive, and their children for a month after birth.
Mike Daube,Professor of Curtin University said that this program could be used worldwide to prevent HIV affected children before birth.He mentioned this would be very useful especially in Afria where number of HIV positives is high.But the Executive Director of the Western Australia Aids Council said that the success of this program in other countries around the world is doubtful due to lack of communication means and low availability of resources.
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