Globally, Pregnancy among women and girls living with HIV is estimated to be 1.3 million annually. Transmission of HIV from a mother living with HIV to her child during pregnancy, labour, delivery or breastfeeding range between 15% and 45% if no interventions are provided.

In this session, presented by Malebogo Queen Nthusang, the Program Officer and PMTCT National Master Trainer, Ministry of Health, Botswana we focus on Botswana’s journey to achieving the WHO silver tier in its prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) program. we we also highlight the comprehensive approaches employed to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, challenges faced and lessons learned in the PMTCT program, as well as proposed future steps necessary to sustain these gains while fulfilling WHO recommendations. Please follow the links here to view the recorded ECHO session and download presentation slides.