HIV+ AND PREGNANT
BEING HIV POSITIVE doesn’t make it easy to follow the rules: taking medication for life, avoiding infections, having regular tests and check-ups. Edith Moosa, midwife and director of the South African Midwives’ AIDS Alliance, advises that couples must consider how to optimise the safety of their sexual choices and encourages them to take responsibility for their health, including adhering to HIV treatment and management plans.
WHAT DOES HIV DO?
Dr Sindi van Zyl, an HIV clinician from Gauteng, explains how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) works. “HIV weakens the immune system. It gets into the body primarily through unprotected sex. It targets
