Motherhood is a feeling every woman wants to experience. HIV-infected women are no exceptions. Like normal expecting mothers, they too can deliver a baby who is not HIV infected, writes Dr Gaurav Thukral, Head Medical Services, HealthCare at Home; and a master trainer in HIV-AIDS prevention training Ever since India reported its first case of HIV/AIDS in 1986, the disease has grown at a monstrous pace, infecting over five million populations until now. What is alarming and disturbing is that the disease is being passed on from infected adults to children, putting not only their entire life at stake, but also putting a huge economic burden on the country. Presently, India has 5.7 million people afflicted with HIV/AIDS, as per UNICEF, which further states that around 38 per cent of the total figure are women, who must have given birth to a child in the past or might do so. HIV-infected expecting mothers are always running a risk of transferring the HIV virus to the new-born child.

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