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Asia Pacific roadmap points to triple mother-to-child transmission elimination goal

In 2010, at age 23, Ayu Oktariani learned she was HIV positive. Not only did she lose her husband to AIDS, but during her pregnancy her daughter was infected.

Category: News Tags: AIDS, Asia Pacific, ayu-oktariani, China, EMTCT, Fiji, HIV, Indonesia, ippi, mother to child transmission, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, parent to child transmission, PMTCT, PTCT, Regional Roadmap, sri lanka, UNICEF, WHO

New five-year roadmap guides Asia Pacific countries toward elimination of mother-to-child HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B transmission

BANGKOK, 10 April, 2025—Every child deserves the best start to a healthy life, free from preventable diseases and infections. To this end, today the WHO, UNICEF and UNAIDS launched the Regional Roadmap for the Triple Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission (EMTCT) of HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B in the Asia and Pacific Region (2024–2030). This resource offers guidance to strengthen national strategies and operational plans to end these three diseases among children in… Read More

Category: News Tags: Asia Pacific, EMTCT, health, hepatitis, hepatitis B, HIV, Mother-to-child transmission, News, PMTCT, public-health, Regional Roadmap, Syphilis, Triple elimination, UNAIDS, UNICEF, WHO

Cricket heroes Think Wise about HIV

Cricket players from around the world are once again showing their support to young people living with HIV as part of the global Think Wise partnership on HIV.

Category: News Tags: Bangladesh, Cricket, International Cricket Council, Leo Kenny, Shakib Al Hasan, Think Wise, UNICEF, World Twenty20