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WHO publishes new clinical and service delivery recommendations for HIV prevention, treatment and care

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These guidelines provide new and updated recommendations on the use of point-of-care testing in children under 18 months of age and point-of-care tests to monitor treatment in people living with HIV; the treatment monitoring algorithm; and timing of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people living with HIV who are being treated for tuberculosis.

New research highlights risks of separating newborns from mothers during COVID-19 pandemic

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Keeping mothers and babies together could save more than 125 000 lives: WHO

New research from WHO and partners shows that the COVID-19 pandemic is severely affecting the quality of care given to small and sick newborns, resulting in unnecessary suffering and deaths.