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HIV Transmission to children
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Mother to Child HIV Transmission Prevention
The facts
- Without treatment the transmission rate is 40% during pregnancy, birth or breastfeeding.
- With treatment the transmission rate is below 1%.
- In Cambodia, there is a 3% to 5% HIV prevalence rate in young pregnant women (aged 15-24).
- In Cambodia, it is estimated that 500 children a year are born with HIV or contract HIV within the first 6 months.
- 25% of HIV children will die before they reach 5 years old.
- With proper treatment this can be reduced to below 10 children a year.
- On average it costs about $250 to prevent the transmission of HIV to a child.
Further information
UNICEF: www.unicef.org
UNAIDS: www.unaids.org
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