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Although the responsible pathogenic mechanism(s) still remain in- completely defined, methods for optimal prevention and manage- ment have changed during the past fifteen years (5–8). To make this information available to physicians and public health authorities, WHO convened this expert consultation to both update and to ex- pand the 1988 document. RF and RHD remain to be conquered, but until that can be accomplished, optimal methods of prevention and management are required. The recommendations in this document are based upon current medical literature. Every attempt has been made to make this a practically useful document and at the same time to furnish appropriate references with additional information for the practitioner | Horizons Integrating HIV Prevention and Care into Maternal and Child Health Care Settings Lessons Learned from Horizons Studies July 23-27 2001 Maasai Mara and Nairobi Kenya Consultation Report Horizons Program Published in 2002 Integrating HIV Prevention and Care into Maternal and Child Health Care Settings Lessons Learned from Horizons Studies July23-27 2001 Maasai Mara and Nairobi Kenya Consultation Report Acknowledgments This report was written by Naomi Rutenberg Sam Kalibala Charles Mwai Horizons Population Council and Jim Rosen independent consultant . Special thanks to representatives from NARESA and the Kenya PMCT sites the MTCT-Working Group Zambia the Monze District Health Management Team Zambia the Ndola District Health Management Team Zambia the AIDS Information Centre Uganda the Ministry of Health Uganda Muhimbili Medical Center Tanzania the Centre for Population Studies of the University of Zimbabwe YRG Care India and Population Council Thailand. Their presentations and lively discussions form the basis for this report. Additionally we would like to acknowledge Norah Omenda Population Council Kenya who organized workshop and related meeting logistics and Mike Shambu Population Council Kenya for assistance at the meeting. USAID This study was supported by the Horizons Program. Horizons is funded by the Global Bureau of Health HIV-AIDS . Agency for International Development under the terms of Award No. HRN-A-00-97-00012-00. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not -LI Ị0 necessarily reflect the views of the . Agency for International Development. Published in February 2002. The Population Council is an international nonprofit nongovernmental s Q 1 x R institution that seeks to improve the wellbeing and reproductive health of à Population Council current and future generations around the world and to help achieve a humane equitable and sustainable balance between people and resources. The Council conducts biomedical social