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Pregnant Zambian women now less likely to have HIV.(UPDATE)(Author abstract)(Report)
HIV prevalence among pregnant women in Lusaka, Zambia, declined between 2002 and 2006, especially among those 17 or younger, according to a study of data from a public clinic-based program to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission and from two rounds of cord-blood surveillance. (1) The proportion of women receiving antenatal care at 24 public facilities who were tested for HIV increased from 71% in 2002 to 94% in 2006, whereas the proportion who tested positive declined from 25% to 21%. Over the study period, significant declines in seroprevalence among clients occurred at 11 sites; the average decrease in prevalence was 1% per year. In the first round of cord-blood surveillance, between June and August 2003, 26% of women who received antenatal care and gave birth at public facilities were seropositive; that proportion was 22% in the second surveillance, between October 2005 and January 2006. Women aged 17 or younger had the largest decrease in seropositivity over the 28 months between the two periods, from 12% to 8%, a decline of 36%. HIV prevalence ...
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