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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This paper was prepared by James Mclntyre, Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Additional editing and input was provided by Peter Brocklehurst, Oxford National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit. A working group on HIV in pregnancy, composed of staff from the World Health Organization's Department of Reproductive Health and Research, and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, oversaw this work and the subsequent review of the paper.

Cover design: Me Nhear

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