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WHO on HIV: publishes new guidelines on PMTCT, adds four drugs to pre-qualification list.

Publication: Pharma Marketletter
Publication Date: 26-JUL-04
Format: Online - approximately 790 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: WHO on HIV: publishes new guidelines on PMTCT, adds four drugs to pre-qualification list.(World Health Organization )

Article Excerpt
The World Health Organization has published new guidelines underlining the effectiveness of antiretroviral drugs in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

The guidelines, announced at the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand (Marketletter July 19) take account of the most recent safety and effectiveness data for various regimens and concerns over resistance to drugs such as nevirapine, which South Africa will no longer use as monotherapy in PMTCT.

The guidelines' key recommendations are that:

- women who need ARVs for their own health should receive them in accordance with the WHO guidelines, as ARVs used when indicated in pregnancy substantially benefit the woman's health and decrease the risk of HIV transmission to the infant;

-...

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