Radio podcast: Supporting and protecting mothers living with HIV
Publisher/Organizer: UNICEF, United Nations
Publication date: 2008
Language: English
Overview
NEW YORK, USA, 18 November 2008 – Roughly half the infants who contract HIV from their mothers die before their second birthday. These deaths can be prevented: Antiretroviral prophylaxis given to a woman during pregnancy and delivery, and to her infant shortly following birth, have been shown to sharply reduce the likelihood of the mother passing HIV infection to her baby.
A podcast discussion, hosted recently by UNICEF to advance the conversation on maternal health, features three panellists: Dr. Mitch Besser, founder and Medical Director of mothers2mothers, an NGO based in South Africa; Nazneen Damji, a UNIFEM programme specialist on gender, HIV and AIDS; and Dr. Ruth Bamela Engo, Chief Executive and co-founder of African Action on AIDS in Cameroon.