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Date received: 2008-04-07 Language: Русский Code: 95 Year published: 2005 Organization: Human Rights Watch Carrier: Printed

Basic information; stigma as a factor for hiding one’s HIV-status; perspectives of giving birth to a child; results of the survey; HIV-positive women and medical examination during the period of pregnancy; growth of the number of cases of mother-to-child transmission; problems at the women’s clinic; access to antiretroviral therapy while conducting prophylaxis of mother-to-child transmission; prenatal care, delivery of a child and after-birth support; children left without parental guardianship; specialized establishments for HIV-positive children, orphanages, hospital ward; challenges that HIV-positive families face.