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Partners Endorse Plan to Scale Up Efforts to Prevent HIV Transmission from Mothers to Children
- 28 March 2011
The elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa has come a step closer with the endorsement of a new regional framework following a three-day consultation in Nairobi, Kenya earlier this month.
The consultation brought together government representatives from 15 high-burden countries, civil society organizations and donors. They were joined by the UNICEF, UNAIDS, WHO and UNFPA.
Partners endorsed the UNAIDS call for the virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015 and adherence to the new WHO guidelines that recommend giving pregnant women and new mothers a combination of three antiretroviral drugs. They also pledged to vigorously pursue all four components of the internationally agreed UN strategy to dramatically reduce mother-to-child transmission.
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