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New HIV recommendations to reduce infections and save lives
30 November 2009 -- WHO now recommends earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy for adults and adolescents, the delivery of more patient-friendly antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), and prolonged use of ARVs to reduce the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. For the first time, WHO recommends that HIV-positive mothers or their infants take ARVs while breastfeeding to prevent HIV transmission.
Read the news release on the new HIV recommendations
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Reducing child mortality
27 November 2009 -- Nearly 9 million children under the age of five die every year. An updated factsheet shows that the leading causes of death in under-five children are pneumonia, diarrhoea and health problems during the first month of life - conditions that could be prevented or treated with access to simple, affordable interventions.
Read the updated fact sheet on child mortality