Bujumbura – “It’s unacceptable that in 2024, children are still born with HIV,” says Novela Irakoze, a woman living who with HIV and advocate for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. “I was born with HIV and my goal is to protect children from experiencing what I did.”
Novela is part of a group called Mentor Mothers, which supports pregnant women living with HIV in receiving treatment to protect their babies from HIV.