South Africa hails life-saving HIV programme
Treatment that provides free anti-retroviral drugs reportedly saves 70,000 infants each year.
Published On 5 Jul 2012
An HIV treatment programme in South Africa is saving the lives of 70,000 babies every year.
The programme started 10 years ago, after health campaigners won a court battle with the government.
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Since that time, the anti-retroviral drug Nevirapine has been given to pregnant women free of charge.
Al Jazeera’s Tania Page reports from Johannesburg, South Africa.
Source: Al Jazeera