Description of Collaborative Activity: |
The Pediatric-PMTCT PEPFAR working group supports the objectives of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT).
Beginning with the President's Mother and Child HIV Transmission Initiative in 2002, and then expanding with the launch of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in 2003, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) has been a central focus of U.S. Government global HIV/AIDS efforts. Congress established the Expert Panel on Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Section 309 of H.R. 5501, the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008. Its purposes are to provide an objective review of PEPFAR's PMTCT activities, and provide recommendations to the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and the appropriate Congressional committees for further scale-up of services to achieve the ambitious target of reaching 80 percent of pregnant women in countries most affected by HIV/AIDS in which the U.S. has HIV/AIDS programs. |
Type of Collaborative Activity: |
Committee, Advisory Group, or Work Group
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