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Prevention of Abandonment of Children by HIV-Positive Mothers in Russia and Ukraine

  • When
  • June 5, 2006
    10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. (EDT)
  • Where
  • OSI - New York

The number of HIV-positive women and their affected children is growing rapidly in Russia and Ukraine, leading to rates of infant abandonment by HIV-positive women of up to 20 percent. These children are often born to socially disadvantaged families who receive little support to enable them to care for their children. Mothers face stigma against HIV-positive people, lack of accurate information about HIV transmission, and obstructive hospital policies. Their children are subject to similar discrimination. They face tremendous barriers to access to social and medical services that would enable them to care for themselves and their children in their family environment. As a result of the pressures HIV-positive mothers face, some relinquish their parental rights. Their infants are relegated to lives in state institutions, starting in hospitals or baby orphanages, which have highly negative long-term health outcomes.

OSI's Network Public Health Program held a panel discussion, "Prevention of Abandonment of Children by HIV-Positive Mothers in Russia and Ukraine," with:

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