HEALTH PROGRAM

South Africa is currently experiencing one of the most rapidly progressing HIV epidemics in the world. HIV prevalence among prenatal clinic attendees has increased twenty-fold over the past eight years.

In South Africa, nearly 24 percent of all women attending prenatal clinics are HIV positive. Without intervention, 40 percent of these women will pass the virus on to their babies.

MATTE ARTICLES ON HIV TESTING (pdf.format)

• HIV Testing Available Through Routine Prenatal Screening
• Living With HIV: The Experience of One Mother and Her child
• Treatment for HIV during Pregnancy Protects Baby from Infection

MATTE ARTICLES ON HIV TESTING (pdf.format)

• HIV Testing Available Through Routine Prenatal Screening
• Living With HIV: The Experience of One Mother and Her child
• Treatment for HIV during Pregnancy Protects Baby from Infection