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Draft for Discussion - UNICEF
Draft for Discussion 1 For additional information on the paper, please contact: UNICEF (United Nations Children s Fund), Chewe Luo, email: Draft for Discussion 2 Introduction 1. The global context The Global Plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive is well underway, with ambitious goals of reducing the number of new HIV infections in children by 90% and HIV-related maternal deaths by 50%.1 There is now unprecedented collaboration and political will to accomplish these goals, and many countries have made exceptional progress. According to UNAIDS estimates, in 2011 57% of pregnant women living with HIV in low and middle-income countries received effective antiretroviral drugs for prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT), a substantial increase from 48% in Nonetheless, many implementation challenges remain, and chief among them is ensuring that high proportions of women and children in need of antiretroviral therapy (ART) can access it.
Draft for Discussion 5 While this document may contain helpful advice for any country considering adopting Option B or B+, it especially focuses on the advantages of Option B+ in high and intermediate prevalence countries, urging such countries to consider adopting an implementation model of nurse-initiated
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