Summary of studies of HIV and obstetric complications which only looked at births by caesarean section.

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Information was not supplied in the published paper so whether antiretroviral treatment should have been available was based on the study dates and study location; for one study it was not clear from the study dates and location whether ART would be available so the information was inferred from the literature.

a) Durban, South Africa in 2004: No ART treatment based on the UNAIDS data accessed on 20th December 2012 at http://www.unaids.org/en/re….

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Adjusted for number of previous caesarean section.