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Some gains have been made in the global effort to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV and to extend paediatric antiretroviral treatment and co-trimoxazole to children who have the disease, a United Nations report says.
According to the Children and AIDS: Second Stocktaking Report , 351 034 HIV positive pregnant women living in poor and middle income countries received antiretroviral treatment in 2006, up 59% from 220 085 in 2005.
Similarly, the number of HIV positive children who received antiretrovirals reached 127 300, up 70% from 75 000 in 2005, says the report.
HIV prevalence among women aged 15-24 who attend antenatal clinics, the report notes, has also declined since 2000-1 in 11 of 15 countries with sufficient data.
At the end of 2006, 21 poor nations-including Benin, Botswana, Brazil,...