RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Contraception choice for HIV positive women
JF Sexually Transmitted Infections
JO Sex Transm Infect
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 167
OP 173
DO 10.1136/sti.2003.008441
VO 80
IS 3
A1 H S Mitchell
A1 E Stephens
YR 2004
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/80/3/167.abstract
AB UNAIDS/WHO estimates that 42 million people are living with HIV/AIDS worldwide and 50% of all adults with HIV infection are women predominantly infected via heterosexual transmission. Women with HIV infection, like other women, may wish to plan pregnancy, limit their family, or avoid pregnancy. Health professionals should enable these reproductive choices by counselling and appropriate contraception provision at the time of HIV diagnosis and during follow up. The aim of this article is to present a global overview of contraception choice for women living with HIV infection including effects on sexual transmission risk.