PMTCT - Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Jan 2, 2019 | Stories from the Field
Support groups are a critical outlet for people living with HIV to express themselves, learn from others, and feel empowered. This is especially true for mothers living with HIV as they navigate the difficulties of childbirth and try to ensure that their babies remain...
Oct 25, 2018 | Stories from the Field
At the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) in Kisumu, a port city on Lake Victoria and the hub of western Kenya, a group of 16 young mothers gathered on August 30, 2018, to mark a momentous occasion. Although they themselves are all...
Apr 28, 2016 | Stories from the Field
In 2011, a global plan was launched to reduce new HIV infections among children. That same year, Cameroon was identified as one of the priority countries with a high rate of maternal transmission of HIV. It was estimated that only 53 percent of pregnant women living...
Feb 23, 2016 | News
The first findings from a study in the Kingdom of Swaziland on a new approach to reduce mother to child transmission of HIV were presented at the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2016) in Boston. Led by ICAP at Columbia University,...
Feb 18, 2016 | News
In 2014, ICAP launched an online training course for nurses and midwives in the Option B+ approach for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The introductory course was developed to provide up-to-date information on current HIV care and treatment guidelines...
