Objectives:
- Restate basic information about the HIV virus
- Differentiate between between horizontal and vertical transmission of HIV
- Evaluate factors that increase the probability of mother to child transmission of HIV
- Characterize the importance of equal human rights for women who are HIV +
- Conceptualize the World Health Organization four element process in eliminating mother PMTCT
- Appreciate the importance of integrating HIV services, reproductive and sexual health services and antenatal services in preventing PMTCT.
- Explain and apply the specific interventions that may be used to reduce PMTCT when women are HIV +.
