Protecting Mothers and Babies — A Delicate Balancing Act

Abstract

The article focuses on the medical care of a mother and fetus during pregnancy. It includes information on the statements released by World Health Organization and Food and Drug Administration of U.S. regarding possiblility of a link between use of the anti-retroviral medication dolutegravir and neural tube defects. It also discusses the association of HIV medcation efavirenz with neural tube defects.