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Provide moral support, promote family values, love and caring, counsel and
intervene in cases of domestic violence
Involve family in caring for the child

Table (1) Assessment and management at the first visit
Child with known HIV exposure or a sick child with unknown HIV exposure but
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Notes:
Maternal advanced HIV disease and low CD4 are risk factors for HIV transmission
Successful treatment with ART in mothers lower the chance of transmission
HIV transmission can occur via breastfeeding. A child remains at risk for HIV
acquisition as long as he/she is breastfed.

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