EGPAF Talks PMTCT on Voice of America
Posted by
Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
July 25, 2012
On Monday, EGPAF Vice President of Program Innovation and Policy
Dr. RJ Simonds and EGPAF Ambassador
Florence Ngobeni-Allen joined
Voice of America’s Linord Moudou to talk about the International AIDS Conference and the state of the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Dr. Simonds discussed the health challenges faced by children living with HIV and the importance of prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT). Florence shared her story of testing positive for HIV, losing a child to the disease, and becoming an HIV counselor to help other mothers and children in her native South Africa.
Watch the video: