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UN Integrated Regional Information Networks - September 19, 2001
The plan - 'The Kampala Call To Action' - noted that the major obstacles to preventing HIV infection of infants had been removed. It pointed out that clinical trials had conclusively demonstrated that antiretroviral drugs could reduce mother-to-child transmission by 67 percent. "We call for immediate action for nations to implement countrywide programmes to prevent HIV-infection of infants, to identify HIV-infected women, and to provide treatment for HIV-infected children and mothers," the statement was quoted as saying.
The newspaper reported that the conference closed with HIV/AIDS experts expressing frustration at what they called a lack of political commitment to stop mother-to-child HIV transmission. Although they acknowledged that social attitudes to HIV testing and breastfeeding were obstacles to reducing such transmission, conference participants said a lack of political will was the major hindrance to preventing babies from contracting HIV/AIDS.
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