Universal children's day--let's improve current interventions to reduce vertical transmission of HIV now.

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Published in J Int AIDS Soc on November 20, 2014

Authors

Mark F Cotton1, Helena Rabie2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa; mcot@sun.ac.za.
2: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

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