Birth in the Age of AIDS

Author: Cecilia Van Hollen
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0804784221
Category: Medical

Birth in the Age of AIDS: Women, Reproduction, and HIV/AIDS in India

Birth in the Age of AIDS is a vivid and poignant portrayal of the experiences of HIV-positive women in India during pregnancy, birth, and motherhood at the beginning of the 21st century. Download Birth in the Age of AIDS medical books for free.
The government of India, together with global health organizations, established an important public health initiative to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child. While this program, which targets poor women attending public maternity hospitals, has improved health outcomes for infants, it has resulted in sometimes devastatingly negative consequences for poor, young mothers because these women are being tested for HIV in far greater numbers than their male spouses and are often blamed for bringing this highly stigmatized disease into the family.

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