Background Every year nearly 400,000 children are infected with HIV through mother‐to‐
child transmission (MTCT), which is responsible for more than 90% of HIV infections in …

Background Despite efforts to increase the uptake of prevention of mother to child
transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services, coverage is still lower than desired in developing …

Background The global scale-up of Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)
services is credited for a 52% worldwide decline in new HIV infections among children …

Background Although highly effective prevention interventions exist, the epidemic of
paediatric HIV continues to challenge control efforts in resource-limited settings. We …

Background In spite of effective strategies to eliminate mother-to-child-transmission of HIV,
the implementation of such strategies remains a major challenge in developing countries. In …

Worldwide about 800,000 children a year get HIV infections from their mothers—either
during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding. Countries have the potential to prevent a …

Over the past 10 years substantial progress has been made in the implementation of
prevention of mother-tochild transmission of HIV (PMTCT) interventions in Sub-Saharan …

Background Efforts to scale up and improve programs for prevention of mother-to-child
transmission of HIV (PMTCT) have focused primarily at the health facility level, and limited …

Objectives Despite the success of Prevention of Mother‐to‐Child Transmission of HIV
(PMTCT) programmes, low uptake of services and poor retention pose a formidable …

Objective This review was conducted to identify interventions effective in improving uptake
and retention of HIV-positive mothers and their infants in prevention of mother to child …