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Despite progress in preventing HIV transmission from pregnant mothers to their babies, more than 1,000 children around the world were infected with the virus each day in 2006, according to a United Nations report.
Some sub-Saharan African countries--such as Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa, and Rwanda--greatly increased access to treatment for vulnerable mothers between 2004 and 2005, according to the report, issued Tuesday by the New York-based U.N. Children's Fund.
But worldwide, 410,000 to 660,000 children under the age of 15 were infected with the disease last year--mostly during or immediately after birth--the report said. Half of them will die of AIDS-related diseases within two years if they do not receive appropriate medical treatment.
Only seven countries are on track to meet the target of providing access to treatment for 80% of women in need by 2010, UNICEF spokesman Patrick McCormick said. These countries are Argentina, Brazil, Botswana, Jamaica, Russia, Thailand, and Ukraine.
Overall, only 9% of HIV-infected pregnant women in middle- to low-income countries were receiving antiretroviral drugs to reduce the risk of mother-to-child transmission, the report said.
UNICEF said early diagnosis and treatment with cost-effective drugs were crucial to achieving a turnaround in the AIDS epidemic, which claims about 2.9 million lives worldwide each year, including some 380,000 children. (AP)
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