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  • Title: Key reproductive issues for women living with HIV / AIDS.
    Author: International Community of Women Living with HIV / AIDS.
    Journal: Sex Health Exch; 1998; (3):13. PubMed ID: 12294682.
    Abstract:
    The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) issued a statement on childbearing and HIV/AIDS at the 12th International AIDS Conference in Geneva of June-July 1998. Opposed to mandatory HIV testing, the ICW advocates universal pre- and post-test counseling, testing with informed consent, and access to test results. The organization also endorses research which directly benefits the women with HIV/AIDS who are involved. The ICW opposes research which is irrelevant to or which exploits women with HIV/AIDS who are poor, uninformed, or lack resources, unless such research will directly benefit them and their children. Regardless of to what they have access, women are entitled to know that monotherapy is neither an optimal nor recommended therapy against HIV/AIDS. Women with HIV also need information on all therapies and strategies which reduce vertical HIV transmission, and to have access to such methods when desired. Women with HIV/AIDS need information about and access to affordable female-controlled prevention methods such as female condoms and microbicides when they become available. The ICW calls for urgent research into breast-feeding to determine the true percentage rate of HIV transmission through breast-feeding. Finally, women with HIV/AIDS need more information and training on traditional and other affordable and accessible alternatives to breast-feeding other than commercial formulae.
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