This fact sheet outlines the goals and work approaches of a project implemented in the Democratic Republic of Congo over 5 years. It defines a large body of comprehensive health care skills implemented to ensure the health and wellbeing of women and children.
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Unfinished Business in Elimination of Vertical HIV Transmission and Ensuring HIV-Free Survival
Published June 2026
Journal of the International AIDS Society: Volume 29, Issue S1 How do we finally end pediatric HIV? A new supplement from the Journal of the International AIDS Society unpacks this vital question. Co-edited by EGPAF’s Lynne Mofenson, with a commentary from Team EGPAF, the supplement describes the innovations that can finally eliminate vertical transmission and ensure children […]
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Topics:
HIV,
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT)
Countries:
Global
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Protecting Lives, Sustaining Progress
Published March 2026
The following landscape analysis of maternal and child health, HIV prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, and the historic strength of U.S. leadership in global aid provides an overview of these key areas of global health and recommendations for U.S. Congressional engagement and prioritization.
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Topics:
Advocacy,
Children,
Global Health Security,
Health System Strengthening,
HIV,
Maternal and Child Health,
Mothers and Infants,
Women
Countries:
Global,
United States
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Breastfeeding, Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Transmission, and the HIV Reservoir
Published October 2024
Recommendations on breastfeeding by persons living with HIV (PLWH) have shifted globally over time. Because the absolute risk for HIV transmission through breast milk in the absence of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is as high as 16% to 20%, recommendations for low-resource settings in the early 1990s initially emphasized replacement feeding if acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable, […]
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Topics:
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT),
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