Positively Abandoned
Stigma and Discrimination against HIV-Positive Mothers and their Children in Russia

Summary

Recommendations

Methods

Background

Stigma of Revealing Diagnosis

Prospect of Parenthood

Investigation

I: HIV-Positive Women and Medical Care during Pregnancy

Rise in mother-to-child transmission (MTCT)

Problems at Gynecological Clinics

Access to ARV drugs for MTCT prevention

Prenatal Care, Labor and Delivery

II:  Abandoned Children

Care of Abandoned Children

Model I: Separate orphanages for HIV-positive children

Model II: Sending babies to a regular baby house

Model III: Keeping infants in hospital wards

III:  HIV-Positive Families and the Problems Children Face

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

June 2005   Vol. 17, No. 4(D)

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