Ending Vertical Transmission

At ICASA 2011 in Addis Abeba, GNP+, ICW Global and ITPC jointly launched a briefing paper for people living with HIV on the implications of the ‘Global Plan towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections among Children by 2015 and Keeping their Mothers Alive’.

The briefing paper highlights opportunities presented by the Global Plan to strengthen existing efforts to end vertical transmission and support mothers in 22 low- and middle-income countries. These opportunities include enhanced advocacy for available and accessible services to support the health and wellbeing of women living with HIV as they exercise their rights to have a family. People living with HIV, especially women living with HIV must be at the centre of efforts to stop vertical transmission.

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Amsterdam/New York – June 10 2011 – Today the Global Task Team[1] launched the “Global Plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections and keeping their mothers alive” (Global Plan). The Global Plan sets two ambitious targets for the global community to achieve by 2015: the reduction of new HIV infections among children by 90% and the reduction of AIDS-related maternal deaths by 50%.

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GNP+ has become a member of the Interagency Task Team (IATT) on the Prevention of HIV in pregnant women, mothers and their infants. The IATT consists of representatives from UNAIDS co-sponsors, donors, NGOs, civil society, academic institutions and other organisations that play a significant role in supporting mothers to stay healthy and preventing new pediatric HIV infections.

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