At eight months pregnant, Kangela got heartbreaking news: She was HIV-positive. :It was like the whole world had come to an end," says Kangela, who lives in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. "I was thinking, is my baby going to die? How am I going to tell this to my mom and deal with the community?"

Kangela was one of over 1.5 million pregnant women worldwide who are HIV-positive. Of those, an astounding 95% live in sub-Saharan Africa.

What can be done to help these women give birth without passing the virus along to their babies? And, can they live long enough to care for and raise them?
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