PMTCT - Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Jul 15, 2025 | News
Since the inception of Ethiopia’s national prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) program in 2001, Ethiopia has expanded its HIV services coverage to over 2,865 health facilities, offering lifesaving interventions to mothers and infants. However,...
Feb 25, 2025 | News
The global effort to end vertical HIV transmission and improve maternal and child health has taken a bold step forward with the launch of the HIV Impact Network for Vertical Transmission Elimination (HIVE). As part of this new initiative, ICAP at Columbia University,...
Jul 22, 2024 | News, Stories from the Field
Laurinda, a 39-year-old mother of nine, faced a dramatic challenge when she discovered she was HIV-positive while four months pregnant with twins. Originally from Huambo province, Laurinda was living in Luanda, Angola’s capital, when she was first diagnosed with HIV...
Dec 19, 2023 | News
Ten years ago, 32-year-old single mother Musangu Kandanda had already begun breastfeeding her first child when she learned she was HIV-positive. After confirming through HIV testing that Musangu’s daughter had also acquired the virus, the Lubosi Health Center in...
Jul 19, 2023 | Stories from the Field
Maria Isabel Rodriguez has been a nurse at CMI Benguela health facility in Benguela province, Angola, for 12 years. Support from ICAP at Columbia University, she said, has not just changed, but transformed client-centered care over her more-than-a-decade tenure. “I...
