Overall Guideline Objective
This guideline aims to outline the four pillars for routine care for women of childbearing age and their families relating to: the prevention of new HIV cases, TB cases, syphilis cases, and other infections the prevention of unintended pregnancies the prevention of vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis, and other infections, and the care and treatment of the women living with, and their children
This guideline aims to outline the four pillars for routine care for women of childbearing age and their families relating to:
- the prevention of new HIV cases, TB cases, syphilis cases, and other infections
- the prevention of unintended pregnancies
- the prevention of vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis, and other infections, and
- the care and treatment of the women living with, and their children exposed to HIV, syphilis and other infections
The four pillars embed a family-centered approach, acknowledging the role of partners in primary prevention, pregnancy prevention, and preventing vertical transmission.
Figure 1 The four pillars of prevention of vertical infections
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South African National Department of Health, Guideline for Vertical Transmission Prevention of Communicable Infections, Version 2_August 2023