Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) treatment

HIV data on prevention mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) and early infant diagnosis (EID) in Nepal.

This strategic framework provides a road map to scale-up prevention of parent to child transmission (PPTCT) services in the most efficient manner.

For nearly three decades, HIV and AIDS have been devastating individuals and families with the tragedy of untimely death and medical, financial and social burdens. Although children's concerns have always been present within the great spectrum of need associated with HIV, they have to some extent been overshadowed by the very scale of the epidemic in the adult population.

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The Regional Framework for the Triple Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B and Syphilis in Asia and the Pacific 2018-2030 suggests a coordinated approach to delivering these interventions using the shared maternal, newborn and child health platform to achieve elimination.

The shared maternal, newborn and child health platform can coordinate and integrate interventions to achieve efficiencies and cost-effectively prevent these infections to achieve elimination.

UNICEF's new report, Women: At the Heart of the HIV Response for Children, highlights the sobering fact that, contrary to popular opinion, the AIDS crisis is far from over.

The consultation was convened in Malaysia (Putrajaya, 27 to 28 February 2018) by the Malaysian Ministry of Health and WHO to discuss potential approaches for validation of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B inviting national and international experts.