The report Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV: A Strategic Framework outlines Family Health International's (FHI) evidence-based strategy and its efforts to rapidly scale-up PMTCT interventions in resource-constrained countries.

Implementing prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) interventions poses significant challenges in resource-poor settings. However, lessons from such diverse countries as Thailand and Uganda, where simpler but effective MTCT interventions have been tested and quickly adapted into national programs, provide evidence that services can be made available to mothers in other middle- and low-income countries.

With close to 2,000 new pediatric HIV infections daily and PMTCT coverage rates as low as 1 percent in some of the countries most affected by HIV/AIDS, the rapid scale-up of PMTCT interventions must be considered an emergency effort.

 See also: FHI Focus On: Reducing HIV Transmission from HIV Positive Women to Their Infants - 2 pages (156KB)