UNAIDS intensifies fight against mother-to-child HIV infection

BUGESERA The UN organization whose objective is to fight the Aids virus, UNAIDS, has stepped up sensitisation campaigns to prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Opening a two-day workshop on PMTCT in Bugesera district on Wednesday, Dieudonne H. Ruturwa, social mobilisation advisor at UNAIDS Rwanda stated that the aim was to reduce by half the HIV infection rate; as well as reduce Mother-to-Child Transmission (MTCT) rate to 2 percent.