REVELATIONS by the National Aids Council (NAC) that at least 5 000 babies were born HIV-positive in 2021 as a result of their mothers’ resistance to taking critical antiretroviral (ARV) medication during pregnancy or while breastfeeding is very disheartening. The continued birth of HIV-positive children despite a long-standing government programme to prevent mother-to-child transmission of…

Though the increase was from 8.7 percent to 8.9 percent, which is very marginal, it is still a very disturbing trend all the same.
