HIV in pregnancy - ”without the big picture, people aren’t going to be able to take the medication”

A new Rapid Recommendation from The BMJ suggests that for pregnant women, they may wish to avoid certain antiviral treatments for HIV. This recommendation differs from the WHO's, and to discuss why that is, and what makes that difference important, we're joined by Reed Siemieniuk, a physician and methodologist from McMaster University, and Alice Welbourn, campaigner for gender and sexual and reproductive health rights, in the context of HIV and violence against women. Read the full rapid recommendation: http://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j3961 And Alice Welborn's opinion article: http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2017/09/11/alice-welbourn-who-and-the-rights-of-women-living-with-hiv/