2011 Annual meeting of the Interagency Task Team on Prevention and Treatment of HIV Infection in Pregnant Women, Mothers and their Children
Meeting report (2-3 May 2011, Geneva, Switzerland)
The meeting was co-convened by WHO and UNICEF and hosted by WHO on 2-3 May 2011 at WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The objectives of the meeting were to:
- Review achievements and progress made on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT);
- Provide an update on the elimination of new paediatric HIV infections (eMTCT), and introduce the Global Task Team for the Elimination of New HIV Infections among Children by 2015 and Keeping their Mothers Alive (GTT);
- Discuss new global initiatives and synergies working towards eMTCT and improving maternal and child health (MCH) and survival;
- Review progress on regional frameworks for eMTCT, with country perspectives;
- Review mechanisms, including the IATT and the GTT, to optimize support towards eMTCT.