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Treatments now spare about 230,000 children a year from HIV

the gist

Each year around 130,000 families face the risk that a baby will contract HIV from its mother during pregnancy, birth or breastfeeding. Antiretroviral treatment given to mothers can greatly reduce mother-to-child transmission, and this has spared roughly 230,000 children each year. The approach has been one of the most effective interventions in global HIV prevention. Progress depends on access to testing and drugs in lower-income countries. The figures show how a medical advance has changed outcomes for families worldwide.

so what

Preventing mother-to-child transmission is one of the clearest success stories in HIV care, and it shows how sustained treatment access saves lives.

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