Table 2.

Frequency analysis of knowledge about MTCT^*

	No.	%
Can an HIV positive woman transmit HIV to her baby? (n = 334)
Don't know	157	47.0
Yes	173	51.8
No	4	1.2
For those answering yes (n =173)
When does transmission from infected mother to her baby occur?
Before birth (in the womb)	159	91.9
During labour	5	2.9
During breast feeding	9	5.2
How can HIV transmission from a positive mother to her baby be prevented?
No idea	161	93.1
Giving drug to pregnant woman	3	1.7
Not breast-feeding	9	5.2

^*MTCT = mother to child transmission.