The journey to motherhood among pregnant women living with
HIV/AIDS is considered perilous in most of the countries of Sub- Saharan
Africa. Carrying a pregnancy implies to follow biomedical norms recommended by
campaigns on prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV.
These recommendations consist of attending first antenatal
care from the first trimester of the pregnancy, as well as adherence and
compliance to antiretroviral therapy (ARTs) to prevent transmission of HIV during the
pregnancy, as
recommended by the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health of
Mozambique.
Moreover, women are recommended to give childbirth at a
health facility, to adhere to ARTs for the newborn, to practise exclusive
breastfeeding in the first six months of life and to adhere to lifelong ARTs
for their own health.
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