Notice to Readers
Satellite Broadcast on Perinatal HIV Prevention
CDC and the Public Health Training Network will co-sponsor
"Update on
Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV," a satellite broadcast,
on
Thursday, April 29, 1999, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. eastern daylight
time. This
forum, the fifth in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Prevention
Update series, will focus on preventing perinatal transmission of
HIV. This
broadcast is designed for health-care providers, staff, and
volunteers in
HIV/sexually transmitted diseases prevention in health departments,
community-based organizations, community-planning groups,
education, and
administration.
The videoconference will include recommendations from a study
by the
Institute of Medicine. Additional topics will include the effect of
efforts
to prevent HIV transmission, key research findings about barriers
to
prevention, provider strategies for overcoming barriers, clinical
management (including treatment and confidentiality) for pregnant
HIV-positive women, and prevention resources or guidelines
(including
dealing with HIV test results). Viewers can submit questions
before,
during, and after the broadcast.
Additional information is available through the World-Wide
Web,
http://www.cdcnpin.org/broadcast/, and from CDC's fax information
system,
(888) 232-3299 (request document number 130026 and a provide return
fax
number).
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