Doctor Ndiaye says babies who weigh less than two kilos get special attention from midwives who assist with the births.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

The drug is nevirapine. If it is given within seventy-two hours after birth, it can often protect babies from H.I.V.

VOA: special.2010.05.24

Experts predict that the share of babies born to white, non-Hispanic women will fall below fifty percent within the next two years.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

from mother to child. She noted a United Nations report that in two thousand eight about four hundred thirty thousand babies were born with H.I.V.

VOA: special.2010.05.24

Two of his children had died when they were babies.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

Pregnant women and mothers, holding their babies, are sitting on two long benches waiting to see a nurse.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

Newborns need a vaccination within the first day of life to prevent transmission of the virus from their mothers, and babies need two more doses within the first six months for full immunity.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26