Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and Syphilis (EMTCT): Process, progress, and program integration

PLoS Med. 2017 Jun 27;14(6):e1002329. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002329. eCollection 2017 Jun.

¹ Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
³ United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
⁴ Division of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines.
⁵ HIV Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis, Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC, United States.
⁷ Regional Office for South-East Asia, World Health Organization, Delhi, India.
⁸ European Regional Office, World Health Organization, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Abstract

Melanie Taylor and colleagues discuss progress towards eliminating vertical transmission of HIV and syphilis.