OCTOBER 18, 2024

More Than Half Of Medicaid-Insured Infants At-Risk for HIV Received No Perinatal Prophylaxis

By Marie Rosenthal, MS

More than half of Medicaid-insured infants diagnosed with HIV did not receive postnatal antiretroviral prophylaxis within their first 12 months of life, according to data that was presented at IDWeek 2024, in Los Angeles.

These were missed opportunities to prevent HIV transmission, because all infants born to people living with HIV should receive postnatal antiretroviral prophylaxis, according to Mingyue Lu, PhD student in health policy and administration at the University