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Women with HIV have higher risk of loss to follow-up and death after delivery
Carole Leach-Lemens, 2016-07-26 14:20:00

Despite the widespread implementation of Option B+ (lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) for pregnant and breastfeeding women regardless of CD4 cell count) postpartum HIV-positive women remain at higher risk of loss to follow up and death, studies from South Africa and Botswana presented at the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) in Durban last week show.

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