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Reducing the Odds: Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV in the United States (1999)
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and to San Antonio, Texas, in April and May 1998. The findings from these field visits are summarized in the appendixes of this report. The committee organized a discussion of these issues with practitioners at the Florida HIV Conference in Orlando in April 1998 and at the Summer 1998 Correctional HIV Consortium Educational Update in Atlanta in June 1998. Committee members and staff also attended other national and local meetings at which perinatal transmission issues were discussed, and had numerous discussions with knowledgeable individuals.

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Front Matter (R1-R16)
Executive Summary (1-14)
1 Introduction (15-20)
2 Public Health Screening Programs (21-35)
3 Descriptive Epidemiology of the Perinatal Transmission of HIV (36-44)
4 Natural History, Detection, and Treatment of HIV Infection in Pregnant Women and Newborns (45-53)
5 Context of Services for Women and Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (54-67)
6 Implementation and Impact of the Public Health Service Counseling and Testing Guidelines (68-108)
7 Recommendations (109-133)
References (134-144)
Appendixes (145-146)
A Committee and Staff Biographies (147-154)
B Context of Services for Women and Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (155-189)
C Workshop I Summary (190-202)
D Workshop II Summary (203-235)
E New York/New Jersey Site Visit Summary (236-251)
F Alabama Site Visit Summary (252-259)
G South Texas Site Visit Summary (260-270)
H Florida Conference Summary (271-274)
I HIV Testing and Perinatal Transmission: Thoughts from an HIV-Positive Mother (275-285)
J Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibody Testing Among Women 15-44: Results from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth (286-303)
K Details of the Committee's Models and Assumptions (304-312)
L Passing the Test: New York's Newborn HIV Testing Policy, 1987-1997 (313-340)
M Excerpts from the Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996 (341-346)
N 1995 U.S. Public Health Service Recommendations for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Counseling and Testing for Pregnant Women (347-371)
O Acronyms and Glossary (372-376)
Index (377-397)