By Bisola Adeyemo
The theme for this year’s World AIDS Day is “Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic.”
Speaking with NatureNews, Onome Florence stated that HIV-positive mother can easily transmit the disease to her baby during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding if care is not taken.
“When a nursing mother tests positive for HIV, she can easily infect the disease to her child. That is why it is advisable for every pregnant woman and nursing mother to always go for check up whether she tests positive or not. By doing so you are protecting your child from the disease.
“Taking antiviral medicines during your pregnancy is very paramount because it can lower the amount of HIV in your body, and also walk closely to your doctor. Do not equate the symptoms of AIDS to those of malaria,” she added.
Adolf Bala warned men against transmitting the deadly disease to their wives and children.
“Mostly men are the cause of this. They infect wives through sexual intercourse and babies will share from mothers. 60 percent of men infect their wives in course of cheating,” he stated.
He encouraged men to take precautions in whatsoever they are doing.
He said, “Children are God’s heritage. They deserve the best in life. We should always remember them before anything.”