Pediatric AIDS and Mother-to Child Transmission

Pediatric AIDS and Mother-to Child Transmission

Save the Children addresses mother-to-child transmission of pediatric infection through a continuum that includes prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) and the identification and care of children known to be HIV positive.

Through our programs, we address gender and stigma barriers to testing among women, improve case follow-up for HIV-exposed newborns, and enhance support for HIV-positive mothers. For HIV-infected children born to parents who do not know their status, we focus on developing interventions for earlier case finding through community health, nutrition and OVC programming. We are also testing new approaches to address nutritional needs of HIV positive children. Save the Children has implemented PMTCT program activities in Mozambique, Malawi, Ethiopia. and Myanmar, and continues to build an evidence base for community based prevention of mother to child transmission.