PMTCT hailed for reduced HIV transmission

SOWA TOWN: Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) has been highly promoted as it has significantly reduced HIV transmission in the first six months of life in infants, a programme officer said recently.

PMTCT Programme Officer at Centre for Disease Control Botswana (CDC) Dr Janet Mwambona also said that PMTCT has reduced deaths among HIV-exposed infants in the first year of their lives.

She was speaking on issues of breastfeeding at the New Directions In Global Health workshop that was held in Sowa Town last week.

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