Counselling and Voluntary HIV Testing for Pregnant Women in High HIV Prevalence Countries - Elements and Issues (UNAIDS, 1999, 24 p.): List of documents on MTCT available through UNAIDS Information Centre or through UNAIDS web site (www.unaids.org)

Counselling and Voluntary HIV Testing for Pregnant Women in High HIV Prevalence Countries - Elements and Issues (UNAIDS, 1999, 24 p.)

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		1. Introduction
		2. Mother-to-child transmission of HIV: an overview
		3. Why reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV?
		4. Counselling and voluntary HIV testing: a prerequisite for action
		5. Operational considerations
		6. Cost considerations
		List of documents on MTCT available through UNAIDS Information Centre or through UNAIDS web site (www.unaids.org)
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List of documents on MTCT available through UNAIDS Information Centre or through UNAIDS web site (www.unaids.org)

General information

UNAIDS. HIV Transmission from Mother to Child, Technical Update, Geneva, UNAIDS, October 1998
Prevention of HIV Transmission from Mother to Child: Planning for Programme Implementation, Report from a Meeting, Geneva, 23-24 March 1998, UNAIDS
Prevention of HIV Transmission from Mother to Child: Strategic Options, Geneva, UNAIDS, 1999
UNAIDS. AIDS 5 Years since ICPD: Emerging issues and challenges for women, young people and infants, UNAIDS Discussion Document, Geneva, UNAIDS, 1999

HIV counselling and testing

The importance of simple/rapid assays in HIV testing: WHO/UNAIDS recommendations. Weekly Epidemiological Record, 1998, 73:321-328

Antiretroviral treatments

WHO/UNAIDS recommendations on the safe and effective use of short-course ZDV for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. Weekly Epidemiological Record, 1998, 73:313-320
UNAIDS, WHO. Guidance modules on antiretroviral treatments. Module 6: The use of antiretroviral drugs to reduce mother to child transmission of HIV. Geneva, UNAIDS/WHO, 1998, UNAIDS/98.7

HIV and infant feeding

UNICEF, UNAIDS, WHO. HIV and Infant Feeding: A review of HIV transmission through breastfeeding. Geneva, UNAIDS, 1998, UNAIDS/98.5
UNICEF, UNAIDS, WHO. HIV and Infant Feeding: Guidelines for decision-makers. Geneva, UNAIDS, 1998, UNAIDS/98.3
UNICEF, UNAIDS, WHO. HIV and Infant Feeding: A guide for health care managers and supervisors. Geneva, UNAIDS, 1998, UNAIDS/98.4
WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF. Technical Consultation on HIV and Infant Feeding Implementation Guidelines, Report from a Meeting, Geneva 20-22 April 1998, UNAIDS, 1998 HIV and Infant Feeding: A UNAIDS/UNICEF/WHO policy statement. Geneva, UNAIDS, 1997

Planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation

Vertical Transmission of HIV - A rapid assessment guide, 1998
Local Monitoring and Evaluation of the Integrated Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission in Low-Income Countries, 1999

MTCT prevention in Asia

Thaineua V et al. From research to practice: use of short-course zidovudine to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in the context of routine health care in Northern Thailand. South East Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 1998, 29(3):429-442

MTCT prevention in Latin America

Prevention of vertical transmission of HIV. Report from a workshop, Buenos Aires 29-31 July 1998

MTCT prevention in Africa

The Zimbabwe Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Prevention Project: Situation Analysis