TOH edition: Tuesday, 10 November 2026 · Health & Medicine
A better chance of starting life without HIV: Malawi reports mother-to-child transmission fell from 40% to 6%
Reported by Malawi Nyasa Times
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Malawi’s National AIDS Commission reports that mother-to-child HIV transmission has fallen from 40% to 6%. Annual new HIV infections also fell from 60,000 in 2010 to 14,000 in 2025, gains officials attribute to sustained prevention, testing and treatment.
The lower transmission rate shows that HIV passing from mother to baby is increasingly preventable, while falling annual infections offer evidence that sustained public health efforts can reduce the epidemic’s toll.
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