Mozambique: Call to Prevent Mother to Child HIV Transmission

The country's first lady said the biggest challenge is the need to provide anti-retroviral drug treatments to HIV positive pregnant women to prevent the vertical transmission of the virus to their unborn babies.

In the province of Gaza in Southern Mozambique, it has the highest HIV rate in the country of 19.4%. The Day Care Clinic of Zai-Zai opened its doors on 26 November 2002 and provides services to those seeking to improve quality of life of parents and children living with HIV/AIDS

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