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Home > South Africa: PMTCT continues despite Nevirapine controversy

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Thursday, September 2, 2004 - 03:00
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Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
172 [3]
Article-Summary: 

A programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) will continue in South Africa's Gauteng province, provincial health minister Gwen Ramokgopa has announced. Use of the anti-AIDS drug Nevirapine as a single dose in PMTCT programmes is currently under further research following claims by the Medicines Control Council (MCC) that the drug could create resistance in some HIV-positive expectant mothers.

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Food & Health [4]
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Country: 
South Africa [6]

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