AIDS Conference in VIenna Focuses on Preventing Mother-Child Transmission
(21 Jul 10 - RV) The week-long International AIDS Conference is at its halfway point
in Vienna. One of the major and preventable means of HIV infection is between a mother
and her child. In 2008, over 400,000 children were infected with HIV worldwide, mainly
through mother-to-child transmission. We spoke about the challenges to combating this
type of transmission with a senior AIDS Prevention Advisor for UNAIDS Karusa Kiragu…