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President s PMTCT Initiative

Why Focus on Mothers and Babies?. 720,000 new mother-to-child HIV infections in 20012,000 new infections each dayErasing child survival gainsTransmission risk can be reduced by at least 50% Feasible, affordable in low-resource settingsOpportunities for primary prevention, access to partners,

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President s PMTCT Initiative

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    1. President’s PMTCT Initiative Nathan Shaffer, MD PMTCT Team Leader Perinatal HIV Prevention Meeting June 10, 2003

    2. Why Focus on Mothers and Babies? 720,000 new mother-to-child HIV infections in 2001 2,000 new infections each day Erasing child survival gains Transmission risk can be reduced by at least 50% Feasible, affordable in low-resource settings Opportunities for primary prevention, access to partners, family care and treatment

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