Twenty babies born from HIV-positive parents and who have been cared for under the Prevention of Parents to Child Transmission (PPTCT) Program in the Western Highlands have been released from the Mt Hagen Provincial Hospital.

The children who come from various parts of the Highlands region including Western Highlands have tested negative after their parents had faithfully gone through the program over the last two years.

The children who are now over two years old were released during an emotional but happy ceremony at the hospital last Friday in which they were all issued with Certificates of Release.