Preventing HIV Transmission

Preventing HIV Transmission from Mother to Child Thesis Statement: The percentage of HIV transmission from mother to child can be prevented in a number of ways. I. The AZT treatment is one way to prevent HIV. A. AZT is a drug that decreases mother to child transmission of HIV. B. AZT is given to the HIV positive mother throughout her pregnancy. II. HIV can be contracted through breast-feeding. A. There is a 14% chance of transmission …

…use of AZT, the testing for HIV in pregnant women, and HIV mothers choosing not to breast-feed could all lower the rates of HIV transmission. Bibliography Works Cited Gordon, Dianna and Hooker, Tracey. “Mothers and AIDS.” State Legislatures. April, 1995. n. pag. Gastin, Lawrence. AIDS and the Health Care System. Yale University Press. New Haven and London (1990). pp. 62-67 Kent, George. “HIV and Breast-feeding.” Mothering No. 94: may/June (1999). n. pag. “Women and HIV.” Project Inform. January, 1998