Tanzania had an estimated 1.4 million HIV-positive people, over 6,000 new cases were children under 15 years. More than 90% of infections occurred vertically, and without proper treatment, these children die after two years. HIV prevalence in Ruvuma is estimated to be more than 4%  and 8.6% of child-bearing women  who visited antenatal care (ANC) did not know their serostatus. We determined factors associated with HIV infection among children born to HIV-positive mothers in 2022. 
