Is elimination of vertical transmission of HIV in high prevalence settings achievable?

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Goga, Ameena Ebrahim
Singh, Yagespari
Jackson, Debra
Pillay, Yogan
Bhardwaj, Sanjana
Chirinda, Witness
Hayashi, Chika
Essajee, Shaffiq
Idele, Priscilla

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BMJ Publishing Group

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Ameena Goga and colleagues argue that more realistic targets are needed to maintain momentum on reducing vertical transmission in countries with a high HIV prevalence.

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Elimination, Vaccination, Eradication, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Vertical transmission

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Goga, A., Singh, Y., Jackson, D. et al. Is elimination of vertical transmission of HIV in high prevalence settings achievable? BMJ 2019;364:l687 http://dx.DOI.org/10.1136/bmj.l687.