Cote d'Ivoire: Safety of AR therapy during pregnancy studied

Combination antiretroviral therapy significantly reduces the risks of women with advanced HIV disease having an HIV-infected baby, but increases the risk of having a low birth weight baby, according to research conducted in the Cote d’Ivoire and published in the September 12th edition of AIDS. But the investigators found that low birth weight did not increase the risk of infant mortality – the only risk factor for this outcome was HIV infection in the infant.