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Preventing Perinatal HIV Transmission: Field Update

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Contact Information
For more information on HRET's perinatal HIV project, please contact Barbara Mooney at bmooney@aha.org.

For more information on HRET's CDC-funded project aiming to increase HIV testing in hospitals, please click here.

Sponsored through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HRET joins a team of national organizations in acoordinated effort to eliminate perinatal HIV transmission. The reduction ofmother-to-child HIV transmission in the United States stands as one of the great successes in public health history. However, this fight is far from over. Perinatal HIV transmission still accounts for 91% of all pediatric AIDS cases today. In 2006, women accounted for 27% of new U.S. AIDS diagnoses - up from 8% in 1985.

Through this project, HRET specifically aims to improve perinatal HIV prevention efforts in hospitals and health care systems. Hospitals can play a critical role in the national effort to move from reduction to virtual elimination of perinatal HIV. Routine voluntary HIV testing during pregnancy has proven effective in early identification of HIV-infected pregnant women. With early diagnosis medical intervention can reduce the rate of mother-to-child transmission to less than 2%. In addition, recent findings show that rapid HIV testing and treatment for women presenting in labor without prior prenatal care prevents HIV infections and reduces costs. Read more about perinatal HIV transmission in the United States.

Resources to Help

This Web site provides links to a wealth of information about HIV screening, preventing perinatal transmission, and other related topics. It is also a link to organizations that can provide assistance or further information. The site is updated regularly with new information as it becomes available.

Click here  to access project-related perinatal HIV links and resources.

Workshops

Getting to Zero: How Hospitals Can Use Rapid Tests to Virtually Eliminate Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission

HRET is sponsoring free workshops for hospitals interested in implementing rapid HIV testing in labor and delivery units. Each daylong workshop targets one state and includes information on CDC HIV testing recommendations, point-of-care vs. laboratory testing, state laws, prophylaxis and treatment, referral and counseling, and reimbursement. Workshops are open to hospital staff in labor and delivery, nursery, emergency, laboratory, infectious disease, and pharmacy.

HRET is looking to sponsor more workshops in other states. For more information on having a workshop in your state, contact Joan Miller at jmiller@aha.org or 312-422-2619.

Upcoming Workshops

Past Workshops

To attend a workshop, contact Barbara Mooney at bmooney@aha.org.

View some of the presentations from the workshop

• Current State of Perinatal HIV/AIDS: Achieving Greater Success in the United States
• Choosing a Rapid HIV Test
• Overview, Rationale, and Resources: Using Rapid Tests to Eliminate Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission 

Proposed Activities

To learn more about HRET's proposed activities as part of this cooperative agreement with the CDC, click here.