Support to the Ministry of Health

Overview

Status:

Closed

Country:

Democratic Republic of Congo

Date:

2001-2011

EGPAF is credited with introducing prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) to DRC in 2001. Since then, EGPAF has supported the Ministry of Health with its national PMTCT efforts and has:

  • Provided targeted technical assistance to the National AIDS Control Program;
  • Sponsored a 2007 trip to Rwanda, which led the Ministry of Health to introduce HIV counseling and testing into labor and delivery wards;
  • Conducted a national meeting on the transition to combination regimens for PMTCT;
  • Led the national process that resulted in the adoption of revised guidelines for PMTCT.