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Parent to child transmission

Empowering communities to respond to HIV/AIDS (pdf 595kb)

This report looks at the results of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV project in Kenya. It examines the outcomes of various approaches, including the integration of health services, knowledge building, the introduction of voluntary counseling and testing and the improvement of care and support systems.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN agencies have proposed the following three-pronged approach for the prevention of MTCT:

- Primary prevention of HIV among young women
- Prevention of unintended pregnancy among HIV-infected women
- Interventions to reduce MTCT among HIV-infected pregnant and lactating women

In addition, they have proposed a fourth prong, the care and support of women, children, and families infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, which has gained wide acceptance as an important component of MTCT interventions.

This paper examines these approaches in Kenya.

 

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