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Prevention of HIV Perinatal Transmission: The Role of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services for Women Living with HIV

In: AIDS Updates - Recent Advances and New Perspectives

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  • Marcela Gomez-Suarez

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With the evolution in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV/AIDS, ending the infection as a public health threat worldwide has become a real possibility included within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Project 2030. However, some countries and even entire regions are not on track to reach this target due to increased new infections in young populations. Young women (15-24 years) represent 48% of the new HIV cases globally. Research shows these women have significant unmet sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs, with high rates of unplanned pregnancies, increased HIV perinatal transmission (HIV-PT) risk, and higher maternal morbidity and mortality. Granting access to SRH services based on rights for women living with HIV is a cost-effective alternative to reducing new infections in children by promoting respect for women's reproductive options. This chapter addresses the role of SRH services based on rights for women living with HIV within HIV-PT. It also summarizes the new "Consolidated Guideline on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women Living with HIV"; designed by the World Health Organization as a global recommendation for SRH programs and services that promote gender equality and human rights for women living with HIV.

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  • Marcela Gomez-Suarez, 2021. "Prevention of HIV Perinatal Transmission: The Role of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services for Women Living with HIV," Chapters, in: Samuel Okware (ed.), AIDS Updates - Recent Advances and New Perspectives, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:229765
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.98306
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    Keywords

    HIV; AIDS; perinatal HIV transmission; vertical HIV transmission; unplanned pregnancies; sexual and reproductive health; access to health services; women's health; women's rights;
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    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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