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Protecting newborns from HIV

[South Africa] Mampho - an HIV-positive mother from Soweto and her baby. Andrew Bannister
The maternal mortality rate for HIV-positive women is almost 10 times higher
    JOHANNESBURG
    Namibia, like many countries in southern Africa, is struggling with high rates of HIV infection, but it has one of the region's most successful programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission of the virus. IRIN/PlusNews takes a look at the programme.

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