DHHS: Updated perinatal and pediatric HIV guidelines

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Revised guidance include a discussion of what to do if viral rebound happens while breastfeeding.

On December 19, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) updated its Recommendations for the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs During Pregnancy and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission in the United States and Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection. To revise the recommendations, the guidelines panels reviewed new data and publications released since the last updates. The same changes were made to both sets of guidelines.

Read the full story at POZ.

 

Source : POZ

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