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Health innovations. Health riders. Part 6 /

With no intervention, up to 45% of babies born to HIV-positive mothers could be born with or contract the virus. This can be reduced to less than 5% with effective interventions. In Lesotho, health workers are travelling far and wide to make sure HIV-positive mothers do whatever they can to prevent...

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Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: London, England : SW Pictures, 2018.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
HIV infections > Transmission > Lesotho > Prevention.
AIDS (Disease) in infants > Lesotho > Prevention.
AIDS (Disease) in pregnancy > Treatment > Lesotho.
Lesotho > Social conditions.
Sida chez la femme enceinte > Traitement > Lesotho.
Lesotho > Conditions sociales.
AIDS (Disease) in infants > Prevention
Social conditions
Lesotho
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Summary:With no intervention, up to 45% of babies born to HIV-positive mothers could be born with or contract the virus. This can be reduced to less than 5% with effective interventions. In Lesotho, health workers are travelling far and wide to make sure HIV-positive mothers do whatever they can to prevent HIV transmission to their babies. Mothers often refuse to seek treatment because of the stigma attached to HIV/AIDS, but HIV Counsellor Lefulesele Masokanye knows more than most how this can be fatal.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed December 07, 2018).
Physical Description:1 online resource (4 minutes)
Playing Time:00:04:17