Tremendous gains have been made in the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission
(PMTCT) in sub-Saharan Africa. Ambitious goals for the “virtual elimination” of pediatric HIV …

Abstract The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS proposed to reduce the
vertical transmission of HIV from~ 72,200 to~ 8300 newly infected children by 2015 in South …

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 …

Current trends in HIV/AIDS research in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) highlight socially and
culturally sensitive interventions that mobilize community members and resources for …

Eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV in South Africa, 2002–2016: progress,
challenges and the Last Mile Plan Page 151 SAHR 20th Edition Authors: 137 Ameena Gogai, ii …

Background The prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program in South
Africa is now successful in ensuring HIV-free survival for most HIV-exposed children, but …

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 …

In 1988, the generalised HIV/AIDS epidemic in Thailand began and in the same year the first
HIV-exposed infant in Thailand was born at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital …

Considerable advances have been made in the effort to prevent mother-to-child HIV
transmission (PMTCT) in sub-Saharan Africa. Clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy …

An estimated 430, 00 new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections occurred among
children younger than 15 years of age in 2008, most in sub-Saharan Africa and most due to …