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EAGA was updated on the HIV/AIDS related work of the UK Advisory Panel for Health Care Workers infected with Blood-borne Viruses.

Antenatal HIV testing and measures to reduce vertical transmission

EAGA considered a paper on Antenatal HIV testing for the National Screening Committee and a report from the EAGA Working Group on prevention of vertical, (mother to child), transmission of HIV. The Group agreed a final draft of guidelines on HIV transmission and Infant Feeding.

HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)

EAGA was informed of progress with the new EAGA Working Group on HIV PEP set up to review the advice and recommendations in the current EAGA HIV PEP guidelines issued in 1997

HIV transmission and oral sex

The Group considered their Working Group's review of the evidence on HIV transmission associated with oral sex, and recommended how their advice on this subject should be further developed.

HIV adverse drug reactions reporting scheme

The Group received a report on progress of the Medicine Control Agency's HIV Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting Scheme.

Guidelines for the prevention and control of BBV infection in renal dialysis and renal transplantation units

EAGA commented on draft guidelines for the prevention and control of BBV infection in renal dialysis and renal transplantation units.

Notes to Editors

1. Terms of Reference of the Expert Advisory Group on AIDS:
   
   The Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA) is a non-departmental public body which is non-statutory. It was established in 1985 "To provide advice on such matters relating to AIDS as may be referred to it by the Chief Medical Officers of the Health Departments of the United Kingdom". The Group meets three times a year and there have been 58 meetings to date. It currently has 18 members. Fixed terms of office are for four years and no member should serve more than two four year terms. The Group has agreed to publish summary reports of meetings in the interests of openness and transparency.
   
   
2. Membership of EAGA:
   
   Dr Jeremy Metters,(Chair) Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health;
   Dr Andrew Freedman, Senior Lecturer in Infectious Diseases, University of Wales College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cardiff;
   Dr David Hawkins, Consultant Physician, John Hunter Clinic, St Stephen's Clinic, 369 Fulham Road, London;
   Professor Donald Jeffries, Department of Virology, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London;
   Dr Margaret Johnson, Consultant Physician, Dept of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London;
   Mrs Diana Kloss, Barrister and Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester, Faculty of Law, Manchester;
   Professor Michael Levin, Professor of Paediatrics, Department of Paediatrics, St Mary's Hospital, London;
   Mr Roger Marwood, Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Women's Services Unit, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London;
   Dr Nita Mitchell-Heggs, District Consultant Occupational Physician, Staff/Student Health Department, St George's Hospital, London;
   Professor Catherine Peckham, Head of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Dept of Epidemiology & Public Health, Institute of Child Health, London;
   Professor Robert Pratt, Director, Centre for Sexual Health & HIV Studies, Wolfson Institute of Health Studies at Thames Valley University, London;
   Mr Bernard Ribeiro, Consultant Surgeon, Basildon & Thurrock General Hospital NHS Trust, Basildon Hospital, Basildon;
   Dr Massimo Riccio, Consultant Psychiatrist, The Priory Hospital, Roehampton;
   Dr Roy Robertson, Medical Practitioner, Edinburgh Drug Addiction Study, 1 Muirhouse Avenue, Edinburgh;
   Ms Carolyn Roth, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, 92 Bathhurst Gardens, London;
   Dr Mohsen Shahmanesh, Consultant in GU Medicine, Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine, Whittall Street Clinic, Birmingham.