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Safer conception options for HIV serodiscordant couples in the US: Experience of The National Perinatal HIV Hotline and Clinicians’ Network Weber, S 1.

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1 Safer conception options for HIV serodiscordant couples in the US: Experience of The National Perinatal HIV Hotline and Clinicians’ Network Weber, S 1 ; Waldura, JF 1 ; Cohan, D 2 1 National HIV/AIDS Clinicians’ Consultation Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 2 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA sweber@nccc.ucsf.edu abstract #TUPDC0202 Supported by a grant from the HIV/AIDS Program of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as part of the AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETCs)

2 Washington D.C., USA, 22-27 July 2012www.aids2012.org Background & Methods 140,000 heterosexual HIV serodiscordant couples in the United States 50+% desire children Serodiscordant couples and providers may not know the range of safer conception options Many couples lack access to sperm washing or assisted reproduction technologies National Perinatal HIV Hotline and Clinicians’ Network Types of calls from patients/clinicians analyzed from 2006 to 2011 (N=152)

3 Results & Conclusions Providing safer conception options to serodiscordant couples is a critical component of promoting the reproductive rights of HIV-affected couples in the United States. Perinatal HIV Hotline 1-888-448-8765 Male+/Surrogate 7% Female+/Male- 9% Male+/Female- 84%


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