A new frontier in the fight against HIV/AIDS in millions of new born children in Uganda has been launched in Kampala on Tuesday. The new frontier (read plan) has been code named ‘Option B+’ plan.

Under option B+ plan, pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS will receive treatment early enough in order to prolong their lives and also help them to prevent transmitting the virus to newborn babies.

Health experts in Uganda and World Health Organisation WHO) believe that option B+ plan will reduce on the number of newborn babies who get infected through their mothers during pregnancy, delivery and or breastfeeding.

According to documentation at Uganda AIDS commission in Kampala, about 25,000 babies get infected with HIV/Aids annually through mother-to-child transmission. The women under option B+ will be given treatment at 14 weeks of pregnancy to six weeks after the baby has been delivered.

Doctors told us that under option B+ plan, after the baby is born, the baby will be given the syrup for another six weeks.