[Nigeria Health Watch] Eme Okon was two months pregnant with her third child when she started attending antenatal care (ANC) at the Eyokponung Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Akwa Ibom State of southern Nigeria. This was her first time ever; having not attended ANC during her first and second pregnancies. During her first visit, she tested positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The health workers explained the virus to her and how to manage it, but Okon was afraid her unborn baby would be infected. "At that time, they g
