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Health, bioethics experts and advocates publish guidance for research on HIV, co-infections in pregnancy

from UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine

Health, bioethics experts and advocates publish guidance for research on HIV, co-infections in pregnancy UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine Pregnant women are among those most in need of safe and effective preventives and treatments for HIV and co-infections. Yet because they are commonly excluded from research, they are among the least likely to have robust, timely evidence to inform decisions around the use of medications. “The resulting evidence gaps and delays are significant,” said senior author and PHASES Principal Investigator Anne Drapkin Lyerly, MD, professor of social medicine at the UNC School of Medicine and associate director of the UNC Center for Bioethics, “and they put pregnant women and their children in harm’s way.” READ MORE

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