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  • mohit - Dec 03 2006 | health, aids, nevirapine, drugs, africa

    The Good: I saw a special on CNN last night that corroborated these facts. The Bad: Only 50% of Kenyan babies with HIV-infected mothers receive this drug. And, that percentage is much lower in other African countries.

    Quoted: In tandem with these studies are those investigating the efficacy, and practicality, of the drug, nevirapine. Using this drug in a study involving pregnant HIV-infected women in Uganda, Laura Guay, an assistant professor of pathology and pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, and colleagues achieved a 48 percent reduction in perinatal transmission rates, while holding the drug treatment costs to a mere $4.

    • srilata23 - Dec 03 2006

      saw it too. world aids day was friday

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