Preventing HIV in South African Babies

Some exciting developments have been taking place for the “My Living Positively Handbook” which helps children cope with living with HIV and the associated stigma, treatment regimens, communicating with others, and self- esteem. A community nurse, from the Matunkha Centre in Northern Malawi contacted...

Steady progress has been made thus far with the preparations for the launch of this campaign on the 1st August 2013. The content for the information booklet for mothers is being developed by a team of pediatricians and communication specialists. The individuals involved in developing our booklet for mothers were heavily...

Welcome to our newly launched 'Elimination of Mother-To-Child Transmission Campaign'! HIV transmission from an HIV positive mother to her new born child is a preventable occurrence, and one which must become the norm in South Africa if we are to have any hope of defeating HIV. Although we have been involved in this work...