All pregnant women in England and Wales will be recommended for an HIV test,
the Department of ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ has announced. Some 70 per cent of British babies with
HIV are born to mothers who do not know they are infected. But a combination of
antiviral therapy, birth by Caesarean section and bottle feeding can reduce the
risk of transmission from about 15 per cent to less than 2 per cent.
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