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Alice is HIV-positive. Her son Reagan is not.

In a world where 1,000 children become infected with HIV every day, Reagan is a walking miracle. Even better, this miracle can be repeated.

Alice was three months pregnant when she began showing signs of illness. "I was falling sick all the time," she explains. Fearing the worst, she decided to get tested for HIV. "I was not surprised," Alice says of her reaction when the result came back positive.

Having already lost one son, Alice resolved not to let history repeat itself. "When I found out that I was HIV-positive and pregnant," she says, "I determined to join the PMTCT [Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission] Program to give my baby a good, healthy life."

World Vision connected Alice to a nearby hospital, where she received prenatal counseling, ARV medication, and, most of all, hope. "[They] told me how I can give birth to a baby free of HIV," she says.

Without the right care, infected moms have a 1 in 3 chance of passing HIV to their children. While simple interventions can dramatically reduce this risk, most HIV-positive moms cannot access the treatment they need.

But there is hope. This World AIDS Day, we can help stop the spread of AIDS to the next generation. We can help moms live longer, and help children live free of HIV.

Alice and her son Reagan are living proof that AIDS doesn't have to have the last word. "I am an HIV-positive mother who has produced an HIV-negative baby," Alice says, hope ringing in her voice.

This World AIDS Day, help prevent mother-to-child transmission so there can be even more walking miracles like Reagan.

• Every 90 seconds, another child becomes infected with HIV.
• Most children living with HIV acquire the virus during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding.
• Without the right care, HIV-positive moms have a 1 in 3 chance of passing the virus on to their children.
• Every day, 740 children die because of AIDS — one child every two minutes.
• Without treatment, nearly half of all children living with HIV will die before their second birthday.
• Only 1 in 3 HIV-positive pregnant women can access treatment to prevent mother-to-child transmission.
• One study in Mozambique found that providing ARV therapy to new moms reduced their risk of transmitting HIV to their children to less than 2 percent.