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Country guidance for planning triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus programmes

World Health Organization WHO (2025) C_WHO

This publication provides guidance for planning country-specific programming to achieve the triple elimination of mother-to-child (or vertical) transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus. It is based on the WHO Triple Elimination Framework, which promotes an integrated, person-centred appro ... more

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Governance for the validation of elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus:

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

An overview of validation structures and responsibilities at national, regional and global levels. This governance document supplements the global guidance document. Validation of elimination requires rigorous assessment at the national, regional and global levels of the impact and process indicato ... more

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Global guidance on criteria and processes for validation: elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus

EMTCT Global Validation Advisory Committee, Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Validation of elimination of mother-to-child transmission, or vertical transmission, of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus (HBV), is an attestation that a country has successfully met standard criteria for elimination, or for being at 1 of the 3 levels of achievement on the ‘Path to Elimination� ... more

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Clinical Guidelines HIV

Clinical Info HIV (2021) C1

The federally approved medical practice guidelines for HIV/AIDS are developed by panels of experts in HIV care. More information about the panels can be found in each set of guidelines. The guidelines are available in multiple formats. The brief versions of the guidelines are compilations of the pa ... more

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Recommendations for the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant Women with HIV Infection and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission in the United States

Development of Health and Human Services USA; AIDSinfo Development of Health and Human Services USA; AIDSinfo (2020) C2

Developed by the HHS Panel on Treatment of Pregnant Women with HIV Infection and Prevention of Perinatal Transmission— A Working Group of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council (OARAC) Accessed: 12.02.2020

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“I would love if there was a young woman to encourage us, to ease our anxiety which we would have if we were alone”: Adapting the Mothers2Mothers Mentor Mother Model for adolescent mothers living with

N. B. Carbone; J. Njala; D. J. Jackson; et al. PLOS One; PubMed.gov (2019) CC

PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217693 June 7, 2019

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Why is mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV a continual threat to new-borns in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

C. S. Yaha; E. Tambo Journal of Infection and Public Health; Elsevier; PubMed.gov (2019) C2

Journal of Infection and Public Health 12 (2019) 213–223

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Strategies to improve retention of mother-baby pairs in PMTCT programs

K. Achebe; A. Isehak; R. A. Golin; et al. Children & AIDS; Unicef; Save the Children; et al. (2019) C2

Child Survival Working Group Accessed: 30.10.2019

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PMTCT private sector engagement

SAATHII (Solidarity and Action Against The HIV Infection in India); Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (2019) C2

Accessed: 30.10.2019

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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV

Avert (2018) C2

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Mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection and its associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

G. M. Kassa BMC Infectious Diseases; PubMed.gov (2018) CC

Kassa BMC Infectious Diseases (2018) 18:216 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3126-5

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Closing the gaps to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) in South Africa: Understanding MTCT case rates, factors that hinder the monitoring and attainment of targets, and potential gam

A. Goga; W. Chirinda; N. K. Ngandu; et al. SAMJ Research (2018) CC

March 2018, Vol. 108, (3 Suppl 1)

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Quality of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV Services in Public Hospitals of Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia

B. B. Bachore; F. Tafese; F. Gebissa; et al. Health Systems and Policy Research; iMedPub (2018) C2

2018 Vol.5 No.2:73 DOI: 10.21767/2254-9137.100092 Health Systems and Policy Research ISSN 2254-9137

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Building Health System Capacity Through Implementation Research: Experience of INSPIRE—A Multi-country PMTCT Implementation Research Project

M. Newman Owiredu; N. B. Bellareet; C. C. Chakanyuka Musanhu al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr; Wolters Kluwer Health (2017) C2

Supplement Article J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Volume 75, Supplement 2, June 1, 2017 Building Health Systems through Implementation Research Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.