Good news stories from and about Africa
A new study conducted in Africa has found that treating HIV-positive individuals with anti-retroviral drugs reduces the risk of them transmitting the disease to their heterosexual partners by more than 90 percent.
The data emerged from a six-year study of 3,400 heterosexual couples in Botswana, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia. Taking place in the study were HIV-infected individuals and their HIV-negative partners.
