Pregnant Women & HIV Testing
HIV might be one of the most recognized and possibly one of the most frightening diseases of the past twenty or so years. The percentage of infected people in the world is about 0.6 percent which does not seem like much but, if the amount of people in the world is considered (about 6.6 billion) then it shows how many people this epidemic has effected (U.S. Census Bureau, 2006). This percentage has finally started to stabilized over the past few years and new antiretroviral drugs such as Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) have been making a positive change in the quality of life for those already infected. Living with HIV, dealing with the pills, the chronic sickness, and the stigma of a mostly unforgiving society has to be difficult. So, what could be worse than that one might ask? The fact that the disease has been passed on to their newborn child has to be unwanted news. The next question then might be can this be stopped? And if so,......
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