Preventing mother-to-child transmission

By 1994 more than a million infants worldwide have been born with HIV. In the USA, the antiretroviral drug AZT is approved to help prevent pregnant mothers pass HIV to their babies, following a study demonstrating a 67% reduction in transmissions. As a result, the World Health Organization also meets to discuss implications for developing countries, although roll-out is slow. Only 12% of those needing this treatment in the Middle East and North Africa have access to it in 2015.