Another disturbing finding that is emerging involves discrepancies in the use of HAART between children who were perinatally infected and those who were infected through risky sex.
"And of course HIV infection is a worldwide public health challenge that disproportionately affects children living in the poorest parts of the world. Infected children in high-resource settings such as the United States represent only 1% of the 2.3 million infected children worldwide," Dr. Mofenson commented.