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Safe Drug Use for New Mothers |
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Written by Laura Salazar
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Thursday, 11 January 2007 |
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When women with AIDS give birth in Africa, they are given a dosage of nevirapine to prevent passing the disease on to their newborns. This has given rise to a resistant AIDS virus in the mother. Now researchers have devised a way to protect both mother and child through delaying additional treatment in the mother for a short period. In another study doctors gave AZT to the women after delivery. Both methods seem to work. This is particularly useful in poor countries where women do not have contact with health authorities until they are in labor. For details see the January 11 New York Times, page A10.
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