South Africa: Country Aids Plan Starting to Pay Dividends

21 November 2011

In the past two years, South Africa has made significant investment in combatting HIV and "the impact is beginning to show", according to the UNAIDS report.

The most impressive impact is on the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission. Around 95% of pregnant HIV positive women are now getting antiretrovirals to prevent there babies from the virus. This is a 30% increase since 2007.

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