Effectiveness of new anti-HIV medication to protect women and infants demonstrated

Each year, 1.5 million women living with HIV become pregnant. Without effective treatment, up to 45 percent of HIV-infected mothers will transmit the virus to their child, usually through breastfeeding. In an effort to prevent HIV transmission to women and their children, researchers have demonstrated the effectiveness of a new anti-HIV medication, EFdA, in pre-clinical animal models.