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People living with HIV can give birth to healthy, HIV-negative babies. Most of the advice is the same as it is for people without HIV who are thinking about having a baby. But there are some extra steps needed to reduce the likelihood of HIV being passed on.

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With Charles Kwaku-Odai from the Caribbean and African Health Network, and Dr Christine Ekechi from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

HIV consultant Professor Yvonne Gilleece and Rebecca Mbewe from the 4M Mentor Mothers Network share their advice for women with HIV thinking of starting a family.

Dr Roger Shapiro from Harvard University talks about antibody treatment for children with HIV and could it be used instead of pills at CROI 2022.

The guidance on the safest way to feed your baby if you live with HIV, depends on where you live in the world. NAM aidsmap's Susan Cole shares the latest advice in our new video.

In our video with Africa Advocacy Foundation, Neo Moepi shares why testing for HIV is so important: knowing your status, taking HIV treatment and having an undetectable viral load means being able to have children without passing on HIV.

With Director of Global HIV, Hepatitis and STI Programmes at the World Health Organization, Dr Meg Doherty; Chair of the British HIV Association, Dr Laura Waters; National Co-ordinator of the Kenya Sex Workers Alliance, Phelister Abdalla; and IAS 2021 rapporteur and Chief Medical Information Officer at the University Hospital Rechts der Isar, Germany, Dr Christoph Spinner.

Neo Moepi shares her experiences of having children as a woman living with HIV in this video from our short series about conception, pregnancy, childbirth and beyond.

Sasha Goodman talks about having children as a woman living with HIV in this video from our short series about conception, pregnancy, childbirth and beyond.

Angelina Namiba talks about having a baby as a woman living with HIV, including delivery options, staying engaged in care and feeding your baby.

With Chair of the British HIV Association, Dr Laura Waters; Deputy Director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Professor Linda-Gail Bekker; AIDS 2020 plenary speaker and Positive Young Women Voices team leader, Lucy Wanjiku Njenga; and NAM aidsmap Editor, Gus Cairns.