National Guideline: Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Nepal

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to decision-makers in the development of PMTCT interventions in clinical settings, as well as to provide users with the correct technical information on MTCT and PMTCT. 

Mother-to-child transmission is by far the largest source of HIV infection in children in Nepal. Out of estimated 900,000 annual pregnancies, 1,800 pregnancies are estimated to occur in HIV positive women leading to an annual cohort of about 450-810 infected newborns.