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Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV

Research has shown that giving anti-retroviral drugs to HIV-positive pregnant mothers before they give birth decreases the risk of passing HIV on to the baby.

The Constitutional Court has said that the national government must make it possible for all pregnant mothers to have access to drugs that will prevent mother- to-child transmission of HIV.