Tools currently exist to virtually eliminate pediatric HIV. Unfortunately, inadequate access to and use of HIV care and treatment and prevention of mother to child transmission services means than 430,000 children are newly infected with HIV each year. MCHIP currently works on all four prongs of PMTCT:

• Primary prevention of HIV among women of reproductive age
• Prevention of unintended pregnancies among women living with HIV
• Prevention of vertical transmission among HIV+ pregnant women using antiretroviral therapy or prophylaxis during pregnancy, labor and breastfeeding
• Care and treatment for women, children and their partners.

MCHIP is working to better integrate PMTCT with MCH services in high prevalence countries. MCHIP is also working in collaboration with UNICEF to expand access to PMTCT beyond the formal health system using the Mother-Baby Package. MCHIP’s PMTCT programs are currently being implemented in Kenya and South Africa.