A new study concludes a few pregnant women in Canada are passing HIV to their babies, despite the fact that this country has all the tools needed to stop it from happening.
Researchers combed through an HIV surveillance database and found 33 babies born in Canada between 2012 and 2021 were infected during pregnancy or delivery.
She says all pregnant women should be screened for HIV infection, but that sometimes doesn't happen if they don't have access to good prenatal care. Kakkar says there are also women who tested negative at the beginning of their pregnancies but became infected by an HIV-positive partner later.
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