Elimination of Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV: Using Data in Real Time to Help Close the Gap in DR Congo

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Voices from the Field Brown Bag Speaker Series Over 90% of the 2.1 million children living with HIV worldwide acquired their infection through mother-to-child transmission either during pregnancy, labor and delivery or breastfeeding. With timely and appropriate antiretroviral treatment, the risk of an infected mother passing the virus to her baby can be virtually eliminated. However, despite the historical progress …