Antiretrovirals are medicines used to treat people with HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) infection.  > 

Mother to child transmission happens when HIV, the virus that causes Aids, is passed from a mother to her unborn baby during pregnancy, during birth or during breastfeeding.  > 

Treatment is available for opportunistic infections that, unlike HIV, are mostly curable. These include diarrhoea, tuberculosis, pneumonia and candida (oral or vaginal thrush), which an HIV-positive person can pick up easily because their immune system is weakened by HIV. Treatment for opportunistic infections is available ...  >