Sentences with phrase «giving antiretroviral»

While HIV can pass from a mother to her child during pregnancy, labour or delivery, and also through breast - milk, the evidence on HIV and infant feeding shows that giving antiretroviral treatment (ART) to mothers living with HIV significantly reduces the risk of transmission through breastfeeding and also improves her health.

After your baby is born, she'll most likely be given an antiretroviral medicine called zidovudine (ZDV) for four to six weeks.

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The choice was between exclusive formula feeding or exclusive breastfeeding.It has been shown that antiretroviral (ARV) drugs given to the mother and the baby can reduce transmission to a very low rate even if the baby is breastfed.

Powers started at UNC and, during her second year, heard Cohen give a talk about using antiretroviral drugs as a population - level preventative measure against HIV transmission.

This Partners PrEP study site in Thika, Kenya, helped prove that antiretrovirals given to HIV uninfected people could derail heterosexual transmission.

In addition, the scientists found a monkey - adapted version of the protein to be safe and well - tolerated when given to monkeys infected with a simian form of HIV and receiving antiretroviral therapy.

She is managing a trial exploring a promising avenue — giving people a cancer drug called vorinostat that «wakes up the virus» so it can be destroyed with antiretroviral drugs.

Watching her grow is not only a testament to her personal strength, but also a way to observe the program that gives her free antiretroviral therapy, which keeps her healthy and alive.

Another key topic will be the impact on Indigenous people of treatment as prevention (TasP)-- HIV prevention methods that use antiretroviral treatment to decrease the chance of HIV transmission — given they are less likely to be accessed and adhered to by Indigenous people for a range of reasons, including cost and access to medical specialists.