PMTCT - Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Feb 26, 2023 | Events, Webinars
Jul 8, 2022 | Stories from the Field
Dancile Habarugira, a 37-year-old farmer, recalls the first time she heard of the mentor mother program ICAP supports as a member of the RISE consortium in Burundi. It was during a routine antiretroviral therapy (ART) visit with her health care provider at the Mukenke...
Jun 5, 2019 | Stories from the Field
For pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV, antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a safe and effective way to avoid transmitting HIV to their babies. Strategies like Option B+, where expectant mothers living with HIV are offered lifelong ART regardless of their...
May 8, 2019 | News
On April 12, 2019, the First Lady of Angola, Ana Dias Lourenço, observed prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services at Luanda’s Hospital Dos Cajueiros as part of her tour in support of the “Born Free to Shine” campaign. Funding and strategic...
Mar 6, 2019 | Stories from the Field
Eight years ago, when Alzira was 15, she found out that she was HIV positive. If she had been diagnosed today, she would have started antiretroviral therapy (ART) right away, in accordance with WHO “Treat All” guidelines and national policy in Mozambique. But eight...
