Botswana, among others, has invested heavily to offer universal treatment, and now is well on its way to ensuring that no baby is born with HIV – a reality in developed countries, but not so in Africa, where 400,000 children are born with the disease each year. South Africa, with the largest number of people living with HIV, has spent nearly $1 billion over the past year in an ambitious counseling and testing campaign to roll back the epidemic.
其他地方也能看见类似的可喜进展。其中，博茨瓦纳投入重金建立了全民医疗，正在朝着消灭艾滋病婴儿的目标大踏步前进——在发达国家，这一目标早已实现，但在非洲，每年仍有400 000婴儿生来就带有艾滋病。HIV携带人口数量最多的南非去年花费了近10亿美元用于艾滋病咨询和检查项目，以此来对其进行控制。