Business, social media to prevent babies with HIV

January 27, 2012, 5:47 am by Associated Press Healthwire

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Business and social media leaders teamed up Friday to tackle the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, saying the medicine and the money are largely in place, and with the right organizational skills they can eliminate HIV-infected births by 2015....

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