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Antenatal HIV

South Africa's Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission Program has severe shortcomings that could be doing more harm than good. HIV patients are missing out on opportunities to receive a key intervention -- namely the nevirapine tablet -- according to a study published in the online open access journal AIDS Research and Therapy.

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