Cord Byrd: “I believe we need to fix that. We need to get the numbers back up to…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 2003

I believe we need to fix that. We need to get the numbers back up to what President Bush asked this Senate and asked this Congress to provide. The international mother and child prevention of HIV initiative is truly one of the most cost-effective ways that we can stop the spread of HIV/AIDS to children. This initiative very simply allows doctors and nurses to give drugs to pregnant women who are HIV positive, or who have AIDS, to lessen the chance that this disease is then passed on to their unborn babies. For as little as $3, doctors and nurses can give these mothers the drugs they need to lessen the likelihood that their babies are born HIV positive. In fact, when treated with drugs, we are seeing HIV/AIDS transmission rates from the mother who has AIDS to a child about to be born drop from 30 percent to 5 to 10 percent. It is almost a miracle.

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Cord Byrd

Florida

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Discussing the need for funding the international mother and child prevention of HIV initiative.

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Cord Byrd: “I believe we need to fix that. We need to get the numbers back up to what President Bush asked this Senate and asked…”

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