Publications by authors named "Pippa Farrugia"

Article Synopsis
  • The study looked at how women in the UK with HIV managed their pregnancies, especially those who can keep their virus levels very low without treatment.
  • It compared pregnancies before and after 2012 when new guidelines changed how HIV was treated during pregnancy.
  • Even with the changes in treatment, there were no new cases of HIV passed to babies, and the way babies were delivered varied quite a bit in recent years.
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The World Health Organisation advice for post-partum women living with HIV (WLHs) in low- and middle-income countries is to breastfeed on suppressive antiretroviral treatment and use infant postnatal prophylaxis. In resource-rich settings, where formula feeding is safe, avoidance of breastfeed is advised. A questionnaire was created to survey attitudes to breastfeeding in WLHs in the United Kingdom.

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There is a paucity of data on vulval disease in HIV-infected women. We describe the spectrum of vulval disease in HIV-infected women attending a tertiary vulval dermatology referral centre over a five-year period. Seven vulval conditions were identified in 14 women.

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