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…