Question

If a woman has HIV ,what my not give her newborn baby?

Answer 1

Based on information provided by the March of Dimes, there are about 120,000 to 160,000 women who live in the United States that have been diagnosed with HIV. Roughly about 6,000 to 7,000 of women diagnosed with HIV give birth every year. Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic about 15,000 children U.S. have been infected with HIV and 3,000 children have passed. About 90% of those women had the HIV virus during pregnancy or birth.