The first manual specifically writt...

The first manual specifically written for the medical treatment of women with HIV, titled A Guide to the Clinical Care of Women with HIV, has been released, according to a May 15 2001 freshs release from the Health Resources and Services Administration. The manual provides practical, experienced-based advice and authoritative treatment guidelines for clinicians treating HIV-infected women

From July 1999 to June 2000 more than 43000 strange cases of HIV were reported in the United States. Of these, 24% were among women Adolescent and young women in the 13 to 24 age assign places to represent more than one-half of the novel HIV cases in the 32 states with confidential reporting. For pregnant women the virus can be especially tragic, as many do not learn they have the disease until giving birth to an HIV-positive infant. Diagnosis and treatment before childbirth, however, almost always can obviate transmission to the fetus.

According to the release, women infected with HIV are les likely to be seen at a clinician who is experienced with HIV and AIDS and are les likely to receive the medication necessary to fight the virus. The purport of this manual is to provide clinicians with information forward caring for HIV-infected women. Copies of the guide are available at http://hab.hrsa.gov/womencare.htm.

HH Releases First Clinical Guide forward Treating Women with HIV (new release, Rockville, Md: Health Resources and Services Administration, May 15 2001) http://www.hrsa .gov/Newsroom/releases/2001%20Releases/hivwomen guide.htm (accessed 9 July 2001)

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