Janet L. Mitchell
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African American physician
Janet L. Mitchell's Degrees
- Bachelors Biology Howard University
- Doctorate Medicine Harvard University
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Why Is Janet L. Mitchell Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Janet L. Mitchell was an American physician known for her advances in perinatal HIV/AIDS treatment. During the early days of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. Mitchell developed protocols for health treatment of pregnant women who were HIV positive or at risk for developing AIDS. She advocated against mandatory testing and testifying before Congress, she advocated in favor of an inclusive approach to health care and social services. One of her innovations derived from a study that saw a 70% decrease in HIV transmission to babies when AZT was administered to their mothers during the pregnancy.
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