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IMAGE: Goodluck Lyatuu, doctor and doctoral student at the Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet. view more
Credit: Karolinska Institutet.
Anti-retroviral drugs are a vital tool in the prevention and treatment of HIV. A new study of pregnant women in Tanzania shows that life-long antiviral treatment also seems to prevent viral transmission from mother to baby. The results of the study, which was conducted in part by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and published in
Lancet HIV, make a promising contribution to the WHO s work with HIV prevention in low and middle-income countries.
Just over eight years ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued recommendations known as Option B+ for a simpler and more effective prevention and treatment for HIV during and beyond pregnancy in low and middle-income countries.