New Jersey Already Reduced The Perinatal Rate Of

While men represent the majority of new hiv and aids cases in the united states women now account for an increasing share from just percent of new diagnoses in to percent in according to the kaiser family foundation. New jersey already reduced the perinatal rate of transmission with mandatory counseling of pregnant women she said. New jersey this week launched one of the most ambitious efforts in the country to control mother to child transmission of hiv making screening tests mandatory for all pregnant women in the state beginning next year. Jacobs executive director of the hyacinth aids foundation a new jersey nonprofit helping people living with aids said the law is unnecessary and comes when the state should be focused on expanding care for pregnant women. Of the estimated .

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