This audio report in Xhosa explains more about the process and who's involved. In this audio report, two children describe their lives and forum organiser, Sonja Giese of the Children's Institute at the University of Cape Town, speaks about the successes and disappointments of the workshop. As the Treatment Action Campaign lodged papers in the Pretoria High court in a bid to compel the government to implement a national programme to prevent the mother to child transmission of HIV, two mothers spoke out about their experience of pregnancy. The other was reached by the MTCT programme in Khayelitsha and has a healthy, happy two year old. An interview in Sesotho and English with the head of the Medical Research Council, Prof Malegapuru Makgoba.
Poverty can only exacerbate the impact of the virus.
In certain hospitals the shortage of doctors has led to a three-fold increase in the infant mortality rate. This statistic can be reversed easily in those hospitals that are sufficiently staffed and adopt a team approach. In this audio report we hear some views about whether the community service programme for doctors is working as a means to redress the shortage of doctors in rural areas. If you are looking for older stories containing audio then please use the search facility on the Archives page.