Thursday video: the recipe for an HIV-free generation
Every day is World AIDS Day when you are a mother living with HIV. This week's Thursday video offers a glance into the life of Harriet Tumushme, who is pregnant with her fifth child and determined not to pass on the virus that she lives with to her newborn.
[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"378","attributes":{"class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","height":"306","width":"500","style":""}}]]As trying as Harriet's situation is, there are many things going right for her: Her diagnosis comes early enough to establish preventive treatment to avoid mother-to-child transmission; She is getting quality health care for free in a setting close to home; She understands the importance of continual medication and counseling; And she has the support of invested health care workers who expect husbands and partners to be just as supportive! It's the recipe for an HIV free generation that UNICEF is promoting in every country we work in.
If you haven't already, read the latest Stocktaking Report and learn more about UNICEF and its partners efforts to scale up proven interventions like this one in Uganda to make sure every mother can protect her child from transmission of HIV at birth.
