The oldest of 42 HIV-positive South African babies and children with HIV-negative parents, the 16-year-old now wants her mother to take Western Cape health authorities to court over her suspected accidental infection "so that this can't happen to anyone else".
Sarah's family have no idea how she was infected but believe she may have been treated with unsterilised medical equipment while in hospital for TB treatment. Other cases of suspected accidental HIV-infection have been linked to expressed breast milk being given to HIV-negative babies, and dirty syringes in state hospitals.
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