A big policy shift for SA
When President Jacob Zuma delivered his speech on World Aids Day in 2009, he announced far-reaching changes to be implemented in 2010.
In 2010, the Department of Health revised the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) policy, to include life-long HAART for HIV-positive women with a CD4+ T-cell count of 350, and dual ART from 14 weeks onwards in the pregnancies of HIV-positive women with a CD4+ T-cell count of 350. This is line with the World Health Organisation’s guidelines. HAART is a customised combination of different classes of medications.