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Page 1: Guidelines for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission ... for... · 107 Guidelines for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) ... NATIONAL AIDS & STI CONTROL PROGRAMME

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Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

1

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uid

elin

es for

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ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

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vent

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of M

othe

r to

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ld

Tr

ansm

issi

on (P

MTC

T) o

f HIV

/AID

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enya

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oth

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nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

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elin

es for

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ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Guid

elin

es for

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ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

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uiri

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TCT

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G

uid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Li

st o

f Con

trib

utor

s

Dr.

Ayi

si, R

ober

t K.

Dep

uty

Hea

d, N

ASC

OP/

PMTC

T Pr

grm

Mng

r,

M

OH

-NA

SCO

P

Dr.

Abd

alla

h, S

aade

H

IV T

rain

er, J

HPI

EG

O

Ms.

Ake

lola

, Rut

h

Nut

ritio

n &

HIV

Man

ager

, MO

H-N

ASC

OP

Mr.

Dey

a, J

osph

at

PMTC

T Pr

ogra

m O

ffice

r, M

OH

-NA

SCO

P

Dr.

Die

lem

ans,

Pau

l M

ater

nal N

eona

tal H

ealth

(MN

H) A

dvis

or, E

HS/

DR

H

Ms.

Gitu

to, A

nnie

W.

Prog

ram

Offi

cer,

MO

H-D

RH

Dr.

Inw

ani,

Iren

e Pa

edia

tric

ian

I/C A

RT,

KN

H

Mr.

Isav

wa,

Ant

hony

D

ata

Prog

ram

Man

ager

, CD

C K

enya

Dr.

Kar

anja

, Dom

inic

PM

TCT

Prog

ram

Man

ager

, PA

THFI

ND

ER

Inte

rnat

iona

l

Dr.

Kia

rie,

Jam

es N

. PM

TCT

Prog

ram

Man

ager

, KN

H/U

ON

Dr.

Kig

en, B

atile

l Pr

ogra

m M

anag

er, M

OH

-DR

H

Ms.

Koe

ch, R

osel

ine

Pr

ogra

m O

ffice

r, M

OH

-DR

H

Dr.

Mac

hari

a, S

heila

R

H S

ervi

ces

Spec

ialis

t, U

SAID

/K

Dr.

Mat

u, L

ucy

PM

TCT

Prog

ram

Man

ager

, USA

ID/K

Ms.

Mau

a, J

udith

Pr

ogra

m O

ffice

r, D

RH

-MO

H

Prof

. Mbo

ri-N

gach

a, D

. Se

nior

Tec

hnic

al A

dvis

or, A

ssoc

iate

Pro

fess

or

of

Pae

diat

rics

, CD

C K

enya

/UoN

Dr.

Mud

any,

Mild

red

Te

chni

cal A

dvis

or, C

DC

Ken

ya

Ms.

Muh

enje

, Ody

lia

Beh

avio

ral S

cien

tist,

CD

C K

enya

Ms.

Mut

sots

o, W

infr

ed

PMTC

T Te

chni

cal A

dvis

or/P

rogr

am M

anag

er, C

DC

Ken

ya

Ms.

Mut

uku,

Ter

esia

H

IV T

rain

er, J

HPI

EG

O

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

104

App

endi

x V

III

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03

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

App

endi

x V

II

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

4

Ms.

Mw

anga

ngi,

Alic

e

Prog

ram

Offi

cer,

DR

H-M

OH

Ms.

Mw

angi

, Nan

cy

PMTC

T A

dmin

istr

ativ

e A

ssis

tant

, CD

C K

enya

Mr.

Ndw

iga,

Fra

ncis

Pr

ogra

m O

ffice

r, M

OH

-NA

SCO

P

Prof

. Ndu

ati,

Rut

h

Ass

ocia

te P

rofe

ssor

of P

aedi

atri

cs, U

oN

Dr.

Nju

guna

, Cha

rles

Pr

ogra

m A

ssoc

iate

, MSH

/RPM

Plu

s

Mr.

Nya

beri

, Dav

id

Prog

ram

Offi

cer,

MO

H-D

RH

Mr.

Ode

ra, J

. W.

Prog

ram

Coo

rdin

ator

, GTZ

Ms.

Olu

och,

Pat

rici

a

Tech

nica

l Adv

isor

, CD

C K

enya

Mr.

Olu

och,

Tom

Te

chni

cal A

dvis

or, C

DC

Ken

ya

Dr.

On’

gech

, Joh

n

Prog

ram

Coo

rdin

ator

, KN

H

Dr.

Otie

no-N

yuny

a, B

. Se

nior

Lec

ture

r/H

ead

of D

epar

tmen

t, PM

TCT

Dir

ecto

r,

Moi

Uni

vers

ity/A

MPA

TH

Dr.

Oum

a, C

hris

PM

TCT

Prog

ram

Offi

cer,

UN

ICE

F

Dr.

Saw

e, F

redr

ick

K.

Dep

uty

Dir

ecto

r, W

RP

Mr.

Soo

, Leo

nard

Pr

ogra

m M

anag

er, W

RP

Dr.

Vak

il, S

obha

N.

Tech

nica

l Adv

isor

AR

T Pr

ogra

m, N

ASC

OP

Ms.

Way

ua, R

uth

Prog

ram

Offi

cer,

MO

H-D

RH

Dr.

Yon

ga, I

sabe

lla

PMTC

T Te

chni

cal A

dvis

or, E

GPA

F

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uid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Tabl

e of

Con

tent

s Li

st o

f con

trib

utor

s 3

Tabl

e of

con

tent

s 5

Ack

now

ledg

emen

ts

10

Fore

wor

d

11

Abb

revi

atio

ns a

nd A

cron

yms

12

Exe

cutiv

e Su

mm

ary

16

Cha

pter

1:

Bac

kgro

und

20

1.1T

he G

loba

l Pan

dem

ic

20

1.2

Mag

nitu

de o

f HIV

in P

regn

ancy

in

22

1.3

Ris

ks o

f Tra

nsm

issi

on o

f MTC

T at

Diff

eren

t Tim

e Pe

riod

s 23

1.4

Ris

k Fa

ctor

s of

MTC

T of

HIV

24

1.5

Ben

efits

of P

MTC

T of

HIV

25

1.6

Ben

efits

of H

IV C

ouns

ellin

g &

Tes

ting

25

1.7

The

Four

-pro

nged

App

roac

h to

PM

TCT

26

1.8

Ove

rvie

w o

f the

New

PM

TCT

Gui

delin

es

28

1.9

Obj

ectiv

es &

Org

anis

atio

n of

the

Gui

delin

es

28

1.10

U

sing

the

Gui

delin

es

29

Cha

pter

2: A

nten

atal

Car

e an

d Pr

even

tion

of M

TCT

of H

IV

32

2.1

Intr

oduc

tion

32

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

102

4. B

acte

riolo

gica

l con

firm

atio

n

App

ropr

iate

clin

ical

sam

ples

incl

ude

sput

um,

gast

ric

aspi

rate

s an

d ce

rtai

n ot

her

mat

eria

ls.

Sin

ce m

ost

TB

in c

hild

ren

is in

infa

nts

and

youn

g ch

ildre

n, s

putu

m

indu

ctio

n m

ay b

e do

ne f

irst

or g

astr

ic a

spira

tions

and

exp

ecto

ratio

ns

a. S

putu

m In

duct

ion

Spu

tum

indu

ctio

n is

saf

e an

d ef

fect

ive

in c

hild

ren

of a

ll ag

es a

nd t

he b

acte

rial

yi

elds

a]r

e as

goo

d or

bet

ter

that

for

gas

tric

asp

irate

s.

b. G

astr

ic a

spira

tion

Thi

s is

per

form

ed in

you

ng c

hild

ren

who

are

una

ble

or u

nwill

ing

to

expe

ctor

ate

sput

um

A g

astr

ic a

spir

ate

shou

ld b

e ob

tain

ed o

n ea

ch o

f th

e th

ree

cons

ecut

ive

m

orni

ngs

c. E

xpec

tora

tions

S

putu

m s

houl

d al

way

s be

obt

aine

d in

adu

lts a

nd o

lder

chi

ldre

n >1

0 ye

ars

of

age

susp

ecte

d of

hav

ing

pulm

onar

y T

B

Bac

teri

al y

ield

s ar

e hi

gher

in o

lder

chi

ldre

n

Thr

ee s

putu

m s

peci

men

s sh

ould

be

obta

ined

: an

on-

the

–spo

t sp

ecim

en (

at t

he

first

eva

luat

ion)

, an

ear

ly m

orni

ng s

peci

men

and

a s

econ

d on

-the

-spo

t sp

ecim

en.

Spu

tum

indu

ctio

n is

saf

e an

d ef

fect

ive

in c

hild

ren

of a

ll ag

es a

nd t

he b

acte

rial

yi

elds

are

as

good

or

bett

er t

han

for

gast

ric a

spira

tes

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elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

NO

TES:

1. H

isto

ry

• A

sk f

or s

ympt

oms

cons

iste

nt w

ith T

B in

clud

ing

chro

nic

coug

h> 2

wee

ks,

feve

r- b

ody

tem

pera

ture

of

38 o C

for

14 d

ays

afte

r co

mm

on c

ause

s su

ch a

s m

alar

ia a

nd p

neum

onia

hav

e be

en e

xclu

ded,

wei

ght

loss

or

failu

re t

o th

rive

(

also

look

at

the

grow

th c

hart

), a

nd o

r ni

ght

swea

ts.

Enq

uire

whe

ther

the

pat

ient

has

bee

n in

clo

se c

onta

ct w

ith s

mea

r-po

sitiv

e pu

l-m

onar

y T

B (

usua

lly a

par

ent

or o

ther

mem

ber

of th

e fa

mily

) 2.

Clin

ical

exa

min

atio

n a.

Phy

sica

l sig

ns h

ighl

y su

gges

tive

of e

xtra

pul

mon

ary

TB

:

• O

ften

the

mai

n cl

inic

al f

indi

ng is

just

fai

lure

to

thriv

e

• G

ibus

, es

peci

ally

of

rece

nt o

nset

(re

sulti

ng f

rom

ver

tebr

al T

B)

• N

on-p

ainf

ul e

nlar

ged

cerv

ical

lym

phad

enop

athy

with

fis

tula

for

mat

ion

b. P

hysi

cal s

igns

req

uiri

ng in

vest

igat

ions

to

excl

ude

extr

a pu

lmon

ary

TB

.

• M

enin

gitis

not

res

pond

ing

to a

ntib

iotic

s tr

eatm

ent

• P

leur

al e

ffus

ion

• P

eric

ardi

al e

ffus

ion

• D

iste

nded

abd

omen

with

asc

itis

• N

on-p

ainf

ul e

nlar

ged

lym

ph n

odes

with

out

fistu

la f

orm

atio

n

• N

on-p

ainf

ul e

nlar

ged

join

t

Sig

ns o

f tu

berc

ulin

hyp

erse

nsiti

vity

3.

Man

toux

test

A

man

toux

tes

t sh

ould

be

rega

rded

pos

itive

as

follo

ws:

• In

hig

h-ris

k ch

ildre

n (i

nclu

des

HIV

-inf

ecte

d ch

ildre

n an

d se

vere

ly m

al-

nour

ishe

d ch

ildre

n ):

>5m

m d

iam

eter

of

indu

ratio

n

• In

all

othe

r ch

ildre

n( w

heth

er t

hey

have

rec

eive

d B

CG

or

not)

:>1

0mm

di-

amet

er o

f ind

urat

ion

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

6

2.2

Ope

ratio

nal G

uide

lines

32

2.3

Job

Aid

s

34

2.4

App

endi

ces

13

Cha

pter

3: I

ntra

part

um C

are

38

3.1

Intr

oduc

tion

38

3.2

Ope

ratio

nal G

uide

lines

38

Cha

pter

4:

Use

of A

RVs

in P

regn

ancy

for T

reat

men

t & P

MTC

T of

HIV

infe

ctio

n 4

2

4.1

Intr

oduc

tion

42

4.2

Ope

ratio

nal G

uide

lines

43

Cha

pter

5: I

mm

edia

te P

ostn

atal

and

Neo

nata

l Car

e

51

5.1

Intr

oduc

tion

51

5.2

Ope

ratio

nal G

uide

lines

51

Cha

pter

6: L

ate

Post

nata

l Car

e an

d Fa

mily

Pla

nnin

g

54

6.1

Intr

oduc

tion

54

6.2

Ope

ratio

nal G

uide

lines

54

Cha

pter

7: H

IV D

iagn

osis

in C

hild

ren

58

7.1

Intr

oduc

tion

58

7.2

O

pera

tiona

l Gui

delin

es

59

7.2.

0

Gui

delin

es fo

r H

IV D

iagn

osis

in C

hild

ren

59

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elin

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oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

7.2.

1

HIV

Neg

ativ

e In

fant

at 6

wee

ks o

r Fi

rst C

onta

ct

59

7.2.

2

HIV

Pos

itive

Infa

nt b

y D

NA

PC

R

60

7.2.

3

Com

preh

ensi

ve C

are

for

HIV

-exp

osed

Infa

nt

61

Cha

pter

8:

Feed

ing

Infa

nts

and

Youn

g C

hild

ren

Bor

n to

HIV

infe

cted

mot

hers

62

8.1

Intr

oduc

tion

62

8.2

Ope

ratio

nal G

uide

lines

on

Infa

nt F

eedi

ng (0

-6 m

onth

s)

63

8.3

Ope

ratio

nal G

uide

lines

on

Feed

ing

Chi

ldre

n 6

mon

ths

and

olde

r 64

8.4

Nut

ritio

nal C

are

and

Supp

ort o

f HIV

infe

cted

Chi

ldre

n

64

8.5

Ext

ract

s fr

om R

esea

rch

on In

fant

Fee

ding

and

HIV

/AID

S 65

Cha

pter

9:

Car

e an

d Fo

llow

up

of C

hild

ren

of H

IV-in

fect

ed m

othe

rs 7

3

9.1

Intr

oduc

tion

73

9.2

Ope

ratio

nal G

uide

lines

74

Cha

pter

10:

Mon

itorin

g an

d Ev

alua

tion

of P

MTC

T se

rvic

es

83

10.1

In

trod

uctio

n

83

10.2

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pera

tiona

l Gui

delin

es

85

Bib

liogr

aphy

91

Job

Aid

s/R

efer

ence

s

91

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

100

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endi

x V

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ention o

f M

oth

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o C

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Tra

nsm

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PM

TCT)

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IV/A

IDS in K

enya

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Editio

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endi

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TS O

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RV

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ss

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erse

effe

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ps

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ZT)

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ivid

ine

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avud

ine

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emia

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)

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not

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wel

l-tol

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ed in

ear

l pr

egna

ncy

whe

n

mor

ning

sic

knes

s is

com

mon

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ay in

crea

se ri

sk o

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-ad

here

nce

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hav

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adeq

uate

blo

od le

vels

A

ll A

RVs

sho

uld

be d

isco

ntin

ued

and

rest

arte

d w

hen

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V is

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effe

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ted

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llow

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labs

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FTs,

Non

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leos

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nscr

ipta

se In

hibi

tors

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RTI

s)

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VP)

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avird

in

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h

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ated

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r enz

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omm

on w

ith N

VP in

hig

h C

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coun

t) EF

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NS

effe

cts(

seda

tion,

in-

som

nia,

viv

id d

ream

s, d

izzi

ness

, co

nfus

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feel

ing

of

‘dis

enga

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toge

nici

ty

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sh in

1st

2 w

ks d

o no

t inc

reas

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VP d

ose

and

cont

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linic

ian

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rash

may

be

man

aged

with

an

tihis

tam

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void

cor

ticos

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nscr

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TIs)

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

8

App

endi

ces

92

App

endi

x I:

W

HO

Clin

ical

Sta

ging

of H

IV/A

IDS

for

Adu

lts a

nd

A

dole

scen

ts w

ith C

onfir

med

HIV

infe

ctio

n

92

App

endi

x II

: C

ontr

acep

tive

Opt

ions

for

Peop

le L

ivin

g w

ith H

IV

95

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endi

x II

I: U

se o

f AR

Vs

for

Trea

tmen

t and

PM

TCT

of H

IV in

AN

C

97

App

endi

x IV

: Use

Of A

RV

s fo

r PM

TCT

of H

IV in

Lab

our

And

Del

iver

y U

nit

98

App

endi

x V

: Com

mon

Adv

erse

Effe

cts

of A

RV

Use

Dur

ing

Preg

nanc

y 99

App

endi

x V

I: D

iagn

ostic

alg

orith

m fo

r pu

lmon

ary

TB in

Chi

ldre

n 10

0

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endi

x V

II: I

nteg

rate

d M

onito

ring

and

Eval

uatio

n Re

port

For

m, M

OH

726

10

3

App

endi

x V

III:

Rep

rodu

ctiv

e H

ealth

, HIV

/AID

S R

epor

t For

m, M

OH

711

10

4

Lis

t of T

able

s

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e 1.

1 A

dult

HIV

-pre

vale

nce

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imat

e by

Pro

vinc

e in

200

6 21

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e 1.

2 E

stim

ated

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nitu

de o

f MTC

T in

Ken

ya, 2

007

22

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e 1.

3 Tr

ansm

ission

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tern

s in

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stfee

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and

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bre

astfe

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g Pop

ulat

ions

23

Tabl

e 1.

4 R

isk

Fact

ors

for

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T of

HIV

24

Tabl

e 1.

5 Th

e Fo

ur-p

rong

ed A

ppro

ach

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lied

to th

e PM

TCT

Gui

delin

es

30

Tabl

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1 E

ssen

tial P

acka

ge o

f Int

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ted

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are

Serv

ices

33

Tabl

e 4.

1 R

ecom

men

datio

ns fo

r In

itiat

ing

AR

V T

reat

men

t in

Preg

nant

Wom

en B

ased

on

Clin

ical

Sta

ge a

nd A

vaila

bilit

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CD

4 co

unt

44

Tabl

e 4.

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men

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t Lin

e A

RT

Reg

imen

for

Trea

ting

Preg

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nd P

roph

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tic R

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r In

fant

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e 4.

3a R

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men

ded

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t Lin

e A

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phyl

axis

to P

reve

nt H

IV

46

In

fect

ion

in In

fant

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mon

g pr

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3b A

ltern

ativ

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RV

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to P

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in In

fant

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6

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en P

rese

ntin

g B

efor

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Editio

n)

Tabl

e 4.

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not r

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e 4.

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bas

ed o

n C

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coun

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e 4.

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roph

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for

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-pos

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2

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men

datio

ns fo

r Fo

llow

-up

of a

n H

IV-e

xpos

ed C

hild

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e 10

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ontr

acep

tive

Met

hods

for

Use

in C

oupl

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nd W

omen

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ing

96

with

HIV

Infe

ctio

n

List

of F

igur

es

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re 2

.1 R

apid

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ial T

estin

g A

lgor

ithm

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re 8

.1 G

uide

lines

for

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nsel

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on H

IV a

nd In

fant

feed

ing

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re 1

0.1

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itori

ng a

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valu

atio

n D

ata

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in K

enya

84

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

98

September 08

USE OF ARVs FOR PMTCT OF HIV IN LABOUR AND DELIVERY UNITSALL MOTHERS

1. History2. Examination3. Establish mother’s HIV status4. Offer HIV counseling and testing for motherwith unknown HIV status5. Provide standard obstetrical management andcare

HIV NEGATIVECounsel on risk reduction

HIV POSITIVE

Establish Mother’s use of ARVs in pregnancy and give appropriate ARVs as shown in boxes below

Regardless of Duration received HAART

Action:

i.Give mother ARV dose as per regimen

ii.Post partum Infant: Give Infant sdNevirapine 2mg/kg within 72 hours of birth PLUS 3TC 4mg/kg BD for 1 week and AZT syrup 4 mg/kg BD for 6 weeks.

iii.Post partum mother: Continue with ARVsas per regimen.

MOTHER RECEIVED HAART IN PREGNANCY

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE NATIONAL AIDS/STD CONTROL PROGRAMME (NASCOP)P.O. BOX 19361-00202 NAIROBI TEL: 0202729502 FAX 020 2710518

MINISTRY OF HEALTH

•Give mother sdNevirapine 200mg , AZT 600mg and 3TC 150 mg stat

•Post partum Infant: Give Infant sdNevirapine 2mg/kg within 72 hours of birth PLUS

3TC syrup 4mg/kg BD for 1 week and AZT syrup 4 mg/kg BD for 6 weeks.

•Post partum mother: Give mother AZT 300mg & 3TC 150 mg BID for 7days.

MOTHER RECEIVED AZT IN PREGNANCYORNO ARVsTAKEN IN PREGNANCY

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ention o

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oth

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o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

September 2008

USE OF ARVs FOR TREATMENT AND PMTCT OF HIV IN ANCALL MOTHERS

1. History2. Health Information3. Examination4. Investigations (with informed consent for HIV test)

HIV NEGATIVE1.Provide post-test HIV preventive

interventions defined in national HTC guidelines

2.Refer for other post-test HIV preventive interventions not available in the clinic but available within the facility

HIV POSITIVE1. Counsel on risk reduction2. Perform WHO clinical staging for HIV disease 3. Determine CD4 level (if testing facilities available)4. Determine Gestation age and HB level5. Give ARV’sas shown below6.Provide or refer for other post-test HIV interventions defined in national HTC

guidelines

1.WHO clinical stage I or II with CD4 cell count >350/mm3 OR2.WHO clinical stage I or II no CD4 cell count done3.HB =8g/dl OR no clinical features of anaemia

•Initiate AZT 300mg BD daily at 28 weeks gestation or any time period immediately thereafter

•Monitor for clinical features of anemia and treat•Dispense ANC Nevirapine 200mg PLUS AZT 600mg + 3TC 150mg for

mother to take at onset of labour•Dispense NVP syrup to give infant at birth

•At onset of labouroAdminister Nevirapine 200mg, AZT 600mg, 3TC 150 mg

stat to mother.•Post partum

oGive Infant sdNevirapine 2mg/kg within 72 hours of birth PLUS 3TC 4mg BD for 1 week and AZT syrup 4 mg/kg BD for 6 weeks.

oGive mother AZT300 mg / 3TC 150 BID for 7 days

1.WHO clinical stage I or II with CD4 cell count >350/ mm3 OR2.WHO clinical stage I or II with no CD4 cell count done

•Dispense ANC Nevirapine 200mg PLUS AZT 600mg + 3TC 150mg for mother to take at onset of labour

•Dispense NVP syrup to give infant at birth•At Onset of labour

oAdminister sdNevirapine, AZT 600 mg and 3TC 150mg stat.

•Post PartumoGive Infant sdNevirapine 2mg/kg within 72

hours of birth PLUS 3TC 4mg/kg BD for 1 week and AZT syrup 4mg/kg BD for 6 weeks.

oGive mother AZT300 mg / 3TC 150 mg BID for 7 days

1.Any gestational age2.WHO clinical stage III or IV of HIV disease regardless of CD4 cell count OR3.WHO clinical stages I or II of HIV disease withCD4 cell count =350/mm3(*)

•Refer to Clinician for Evaluation and initiation of NNRTI based ART as per national ART guidelines

•At Onset of LabouroGive mother ARV dose as per regimen

•Post partumoGive Infant sdNevirapine 2mg/kg within 72 hours of birth PLUS

3TC 4mg/kg and AZT syrup 4 mg/kg BD for 6 weeks.oGive mother ARVsas per regimen

4.If no HAART available , manage the woman as indicated in box no.2 and refer to ART site appropriately.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE NATIONAL AIDS/STD CONTROL PROGRAMME (NASCOP)P.O. BOX 19361-00202 NAIROBI TEL: 0202729502 FAX 020 2710518

MINISTRY OF HEALTH

ELIGIBLE FOR TREATMENT

NOT ELIGIBLE FOR TREATMET AND PRESENTING BELOW 38 WEEKS GESTATIONNOT ELIGIBLE FOR TREATMENT AND PRESENTING > 38 WEEKS

GESTATION

*Please note:•Pregnant women with WHO clinical stage I or II plus CD4 cell count >250/mm3and =350/ mm3can be initiated on ART where a PI based HAART regimen is available. NVP hypersensitivity has been previously reported among women in this group initiated on NNRTI based

ART regimens. Where PI based ART regimen is not available, refer the patient to a site where the regimen is available or continue to manage the woman as is indicated in box No 2. •The grading of anaemiain pregnancy is > 8-10 Mild anemia: > 6-8 Moderate anemia: < 6 Severe anemia•Treatment ifcommon pathologies ruled out: Mild anaemia,haematinicsirrespective of gestation; Moderate anaemiatransfusion ifclose to term >36 weeks otherwise give haematinics; Severe anaemiatransfusion irrespective of gestation.Do not stop AZT if Hbdrops but

would manage it as above and only stop if continues to fall orfails to respond despite transfusion.

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elin

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ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

10

A

ckno

wle

dgem

ents

Th

e th

ird

editi

on o

f G

uide

lines

for

Pre

vent

ion

of M

othe

r-to

-Chi

ld T

rans

mis

sion

of

HIV

/ AID

S in

Ken

ya is

a r

esul

t of e

ffort

s of

man

y in

divi

dual

s an

d or

gani

zatio

ns in

the

coun

try.

The

Tec

hnic

al W

orki

ng G

roup

on

PMTC

T le

d th

ese

effo

rts.

Mem

bers

of t

he

team

rev

iew

ed a

ll th

e m

odul

es, r

evis

ed a

nd in

som

e ca

ses

re-w

rote

the

mod

ules

bas

ed

on th

e se

cond

edi

tion

to m

ake

them

up

to d

ate

and

in li

ne w

ith c

urre

nt s

cien

tific

evi

-de

nce

and

expe

rien

ce. W

e ac

know

ledg

e th

e co

ntri

buto

rs a

nd r

evie

wer

s of

the

cur

rent

an

d pr

evio

us e

ditio

ns. O

f sp

ecia

l m

entio

n ar

e th

e fo

llow

ing:

Ken

ya O

bste

tric

al a

nd

Gyn

aeco

logi

cal S

ocie

ty (K

OG

S), t

he U

nive

rsity

of N

airo

bi a

nd M

oi U

nive

rsity

.

We

wou

ld l

ike

to t

hank

the

fol

low

ing

inst

itutio

ns f

or t

echn

ical

as

wel

l as

fin

anci

al

supp

ort,

duri

ng t

he r

evis

ion

of t

he g

uide

lines

: N

atio

nal A

IDS

and

STD

Con

trol

Pro

-gr

amm

e (N

ASC

OP)

, the

Div

isio

n of

Rep

rodu

ctiv

e H

ealth

, Cen

ters

for

Dis

ease

Con

trol

an

d Pr

even

tion

(CD

C).

It is

not

pos

sibl

e to

men

tion

all i

ndiv

idua

ls a

nd o

rgan

izat

ions

th

at p

artic

ipat

ed in

this

impo

rtan

t exe

rcis

e. T

o al

l of y

ou, A

sant

e Sa

na!

Min

istr

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TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

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n)

Fore

wor

d Th

e M

inis

try

of H

ealth

(M

oH)

is c

omm

itted

to

deve

lopm

ent

of e

ffect

ive

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uide

lines

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an

impo

rtan

t pa

rt o

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Gov

ernm

ent

stra

tegy

to

redu

ce M

TCT

and

is i

n lin

e w

ith t

he N

atio

nal

Hea

lth S

ecto

r St

rate

gic

Plan

II

(NH

SSPI

I) a

nd K

enya

N

atio

nal A

IDS

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tegi

c Pl

an (K

NA

SP) 2

000-

2010

whi

ch fo

cuse

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pri

ority

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as o

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-ve

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mpr

ovin

g qu

ality

of l

ife o

f tho

se in

fect

ed a

nd a

ffect

ed, a

nd m

iti-

gatio

n of

soc

ial a

nd e

cono

mic

impa

ct o

f the

infe

ctio

n.

MTC

T is

the

pre

dom

inan

t m

ode

of t

rans

mis

sion

of

HIV

in

infa

nts

and

youn

g ch

ildre

n.

This

tra

nsm

issi

on o

ccur

s du

ring

pre

gnan

cy,

labo

ur a

nd d

eliv

ery

and,

am

ong

brea

stfe

d ba

bies

, in

the

post

-par

tum

per

iod.

Mem

bers

of t

he T

echn

ical

Wor

king

Gro

up (T

WG

) on

PMTC

T re

view

ed t

he m

odul

es o

f the

se

cond

edi

tion,

rev

ised

and

in s

ome

case

s re

-wro

te th

e m

odul

es b

ased

on

up to

dat

e kn

owl-

edge

and

in

line

with

cur

rent

sci

entif

ic e

vide

nce

and

expe

rien

ce. T

he T

WG

con

sist

s of

a

grou

p of

pro

fess

iona

ls d

raw

n fr

om v

ario

us d

isci

plin

es t

hat

are

impl

emen

ting

and/

or m

an-

agin

g PM

TCT.

The

gro

up a

dopt

ed a

nd a

dapt

ed th

e la

test

rec

omm

enda

tions

of t

he W

HO

on

PMTC

T as

wel

l as

vari

ous

natio

nal g

uide

lines

on

HIV

pre

vent

ion,

trea

tmen

t and

car

e.

A f

our-

pron

ged

appr

oach

thr

ough

the

var

ious

rep

rodu

ctiv

e lif

e cy

cles

as

prop

osed

by

the

Inte

r-A

genc

y Ta

sk T

eam

(IA

TT)

on c

hild

ren

and

HIV

and

AID

S w

as a

dopt

ed i

n th

ese

guid

elin

es w

ith e

mph

asis

bei

ng p

lace

on

all t

he fo

ur p

rong

s.

For

any

of t

he P

MTC

T in

terv

entio

ns t

o be

suc

cess

fully

impl

emen

ted

coun

selin

g an

d te

st-

ing

(CT)

mus

t fir

st b

e do

ne. R

outin

e H

IV te

stin

g w

ith o

pt-o

ut o

ptio

n is

rec

omm

ende

d. T

his

is fo

llow

ed b

y ap

prop

riat

e m

edic

al, s

urgi

cal i

nter

vent

ions

incl

udin

g an

tiret

rovi

ral p

roph

y-la

xis,

saf

er o

bste

tric

pra

ctic

es a

s w

ell a

s in

fant

feed

ing

coun

selin

g an

d pr

ovis

ion

of a

ppro

-pr

iate

infa

nt fe

edin

g. H

IV-p

ositi

ve w

omen

are

ass

esse

d cl

inic

ally

usi

ng W

HO

sta

ging

and

w

here

fea

sibl

e im

mun

olog

ical

ass

essm

ent

usin

g C

D4

cell

coun

t. H

IV e

xpos

ed in

fant

s ar

e te

sted

thro

ugh

earl

y in

fant

dia

gnos

is (E

ID).

In th

ese

guid

elin

es m

ore

effic

acio

us r

egim

ens

are

intr

oduc

ed fo

r th

e fir

st ti

me

whi

le in

for-

mat

ion

and

coun

selin

g on

inf

ant

feed

ing

follo

ws

the

AFA

SS (

Ava

ilabl

e, f

easi

ble,

acc

ept-

able

, saf

e an

d su

stai

nabl

e) c

rite

ria.

The

mod

ule

on m

onito

ring

and

eva

luat

ion

addr

esse

s is

sues

of d

ata

colle

ctio

n, c

olla

tion

and

repo

rtin

g as

wel

l as

use

of d

ata

for

deci

sion

-mak

ing

at th

e fa

cilit

y-le

vel.

We

hope

that

app

ropr

iate

impl

emen

tatio

n in

stru

men

ts w

ill b

e us

ed to

ope

ratio

naliz

e th

ese

guid

elin

es.

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

96

Tabl

e 11

.1:

Con

trac

eptiv

e M

etho

ds fo

r Use

in

Cou

ples

and

Wom

en L

ivin

g w

ith H

IV In

fect

ion

*DM

PA =

Dep

ot M

edro

xypr

oges

tero

ne A

ceta

te (D

epo-

Prov

era)

MET

HO

D

CO

MM

ENTS

U

SE

IN H

IV P

OSI

TIV

E P

ATI

EN

TS

Con

dom

s •

Mal

e &

fem

ale

cond

oms

avai

labl

e

• P

rovi

de d

ual p

rote

ctio

n ag

ains

t STI

s/H

IV

& p

regn

ancy

. •

Req

uire

atte

ntio

n &

care

fo

r cor

rect

use

eac

h tim

e.

• M

ay re

quire

co-

oper

atio

n of

par

tner

• C

an a

nd s

houl

d be

use

d at

all

stag

es o

f HIV

in

fect

ion

Can

and

sho

uld

be u

sed

by p

atie

nts

on A

RT

• C

orre

ct a

nd c

onsi

sten

t use

by

HIV

infe

cted

pat

ient

s is

re

com

men

ded

rega

rdle

ss o

f the

use

of o

ther

met

hods

of

con

trace

ptio

n (d

ual c

ontra

cept

ion)

.

Hor

mon

al

Met

hods

Ver

y ef

fect

ive

and

easy

to u

se

• S

uita

ble

for s

hort-

or l

ong-

term

use

Rev

ersi

ble

• A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith n

on-

cont

race

ptiv

e he

alth

ben

efits

Ser

ious

com

plic

atio

ns

extre

mel

y ra

re

• C

an b

e us

ed w

ithou

t res

trict

ion

in H

IV+

wom

en n

ot o

n AR

T •

Can

be

used

with

out r

estri

ctio

n in

all

HIV

+ w

omen

for

emer

genc

y co

ntra

cept

ion

• S

ome

AR

V dr

ugs

may

redu

ce m

etho

d

effe

ctiv

enes

s.

• D

MP

A*/

Impl

ants

can

how

ever

be

used

with

AR

T; re

-in

ject

ion

of D

MP

A s

houl

d be

don

e at

10-

12 w

eeks

If ho

rmon

al m

etho

d is

cho

sen,

con

dom

s sh

ould

stil

l be

used

cor

rect

ly a

nd c

onsi

sten

tly

Intra

uter

ine

C

ontra

cept

ive

Dev

ice

• H

ighl

y ef

fect

ive,

long

-term

, re

vers

ible

met

hod

Rem

ains

in p

lace

up

to 1

2 ye

ars

Alm

ost 1

00 p

erce

nt

effe

ctiv

e

• H

as n

o ef

fect

on

ferti

lity

whe

n us

ed b

y nu

llipar

ous

wom

en

• S

houl

d no

t be

prov

ided

to

wom

en w

ith h

igh

risk

sexu

al li

fest

yle

• B

acte

rial S

TIs

shou

ld b

e sc

reen

ed fo

r and

/or

treat

ed a

s a

prec

autio

n pr

ior t

o in

serti

on o

f IU

CD

• A

ttrac

tive

met

hod

for w

omen

with

HIV

who

des

ire v

ery

relia

ble

preg

nanc

y pr

otec

tion

• C

an b

e in

serte

d in

HIV

+ w

omen

who

do

not h

ave

WH

O

Sta

ge 4

dis

ease

/AID

S d

efin

ing

illne

ss

• Fo

r wom

en w

ith s

tage

4 d

isea

se IU

D c

an b

e in

serte

d on

ce th

ey a

re o

n AR

T an

d ha

ve c

ontro

lled

sym

ptom

s of

sev

ere

illne

ss

Ste

riliz

atio

n •

Goo

d, v

ery

effe

ctiv

e fo

r co

uple

s or

indi

vidu

als

who

w

ant n

o m

ore

child

ren

• S

afe,

sim

ple

surg

ical

pr

oced

ure.

Con

side

red

perm

anen

t

• N

o m

edic

al re

ason

s to

den

y st

eriliz

atio

n to

clie

nts

w

ith H

IV

• P

roce

dure

may

be

dela

yed

in e

vent

of a

cute

HIV

-rel

ated

in

fect

ion

or s

tage

4 d

isea

se p

endi

ng im

mun

e re

cons

titut

ion

Enc

oura

ge c

ondo

m u

se a

s w

ell

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5

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

App

endi

x II

C

ON

TRA

CEP

TIV

E O

PTIO

NS

FOR P

EOPL

E LI

VIN

G W

ITH

HIV

It

has

bee

n sh

own

in a

num

ber

of s

tudi

es o

f coh

orts

of H

IV p

ositi

ve w

omen

tha

t so

me

choo

se t

o co

ntin

ue s

exua

l act

ivity

des

pite

kno

wle

dge

of t

heir

sta

tus.

Evi

denc

e of

con

-ce

ptio

n ha

s de

mon

stra

ted

that

fert

ility

in H

IV p

ositi

ve w

omen

for

the

mos

t pa

rt is

un-

affe

cted

. H

owev

er, c

erta

in c

ondi

tions

may

affe

ct fe

rtili

ty s

uch

as lo

w b

ody

mas

s in

dex,

A

IDS

and

inte

rcur

rent

illn

ess,

esp

ecia

lly t

uber

culo

sis.

Put

ting

wom

en w

ho a

re H

IV

infe

cted

on

cont

race

ptiv

es is

one

of t

he m

eans

of p

reve

ntin

g m

othe

r to

chi

ld t

rans

mis

-si

on o

f HIV

(PM

TCT)

.

It is

the

rig

ht o

f HIV

infe

cted

wom

en t

o m

ake

thei

r ow

n de

cisi

ons

rega

rdin

g re

prod

uc-

tion.

The

y m

ay w

ish

to h

ave

mor

e ba

bies

, lim

it th

eir

fam

ilies

or

avoi

d pr

egna

ncy

alto

-ge

ther

. The

hea

lth c

are

prov

ider

s th

ey c

onsu

lt sh

ould

ena

ble

them

to

mak

e in

form

ed

choi

ces

by th

emse

lves

.

The

follo

win

g co

ntra

cept

ive

met

hods

are

ava

ilabl

e in

Ken

ya: -

pro

gest

eron

e on

ly p

ills,

lo

w d

ose

com

bine

d or

al c

ontr

acep

tives

, de

pot

med

roxy

prog

este

rone

ace

tate

(D

MPA

-

depo

), le

vono

rges

trel

and

eto

noge

stre

l im

plan

ts. E

mer

genc

y co

ntra

cept

ive

pills

, cop

per

intr

aute

rine

con

trac

eptiv

e de

vice

s, b

arri

er m

etho

ds, f

emal

e an

d m

ale

ster

ilisa

tion

are

also

ava

ilabl

e.

Som

e dr

ugs

inte

ract

with

hor

mon

al c

ontr

acep

tives

. A

nd c

oncu

rren

t us

e sh

ould

be

avoi

ded

. The

se d

rugs

incl

ude:

• P

rote

ase

inhi

bito

rs –

Rito

navi

r, N

elfin

avir,

Lop

inav

ir w

ith R

itona

vir

• N

on-n

ucle

otid

e re

vers

e tr

ansc

ript

ase

inhi

bito

rs (

NN

RT

Is)

– N

evir

apin

e

• E

favi

renz

• A

nti-T

B d

rugs

– R

ifam

pici

n an

d R

ifabu

tin

• O

ther

dru

gs –

Gris

eofu

lvin

, P

heno

barb

itone

, C

arba

maz

epin

e, P

heny

toin

All

the

abov

e do

not

app

ly i

n th

e fa

ce o

f ot

her

med

ical

con

ditio

ns t

hat

are

cont

ra-

indi

catio

ns f

or t

he v

ario

us m

etho

ds e

.g. k

now

n ca

rdio

vasc

ular

dis

ease

, hep

atic

con

di-

tions

, sm

okin

g, h

igh

bloo

d pr

essu

re a

nd th

rom

boem

bolic

dis

orde

rs.

The

follo

win

g ta

ble

sum

mar

ises

maj

or is

sues

reg

ardi

ng u

se o

f diff

eren

t co

ntra

cept

ives

by

HIV

-pos

itive

wom

en.

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

12

Abb

revi

atio

ns a

nd A

cron

yms

A

FASS

A

ccep

tabl

e, F

easi

ble,

Affo

rdab

le, S

usta

inab

le a

nd S

afe

A

b A

nti-b

ody

A

IDS

Acq

uire

d Im

mun

e D

efic

ienc

y Sy

ndro

me

A

LT

Ala

nine

Tra

nsfe

rase

A

NC

A

nten

atal

Car

e

A

RM

A

rtifi

cial

Rup

ture

of M

embr

anes

A

RT

Ant

iret

rovi

ral T

hera

py

A

RV

A

ntir

etro

vira

l

A

ZT

Azi

doth

ymid

ine

(Zid

ovud

ine

or Z

DV

)

A

ZT/3

TC

Com

bivi

r

3T

C

Lam

ivud

ine

B

CC

B

ehav

iour

Cha

nge

Com

mun

icat

ion

B

CG

B

acill

e C

alm

ette

Gue

rine

vac

cine

B

FHI

Bab

y Fr

iend

ly H

ospi

tal I

nitia

tive

B

ID/B

D

“T

wic

e a

day”

C

DC

(K)

Cen

tres

for

Dis

ease

Con

trol

and

Pre

vent

ion,

Ken

ya

C

NS

Cen

tral

Ner

vous

Sys

tem

C

S C

aesa

rean

Sec

tion

C

T C

ouns

ellin

g an

d Te

stin

g

C

TX/C

TZ

Cot

rim

oxaz

ole

d4

T

St

avud

ine

D

ASC

O

Dis

tric

t AID

S/ST

I Coo

rdin

ator

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3

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

D

BS

Dri

ed B

lood

Spo

t spe

cim

en

D

NA

D

eoxy

ribo

nucl

eic

Aci

d

D

RH

D

ivis

ion

of R

epro

duct

ive

Hea

lth

E

CV

E

xter

nal C

epha

lic V

ersi

on

E

FV

Efa

vire

nz

E

ID

Ear

ly In

fant

Dia

gnos

is

E

LISA

E

nzym

e Li

nked

Imm

unos

orbe

nt A

ssay

FB

C

Full

Blo

od C

ount

G

TZ

Ger

man

Tec

hnic

al C

oope

ratio

n

H

AA

RT

Hig

hly

Act

ive

Ant

iret

rovi

ral T

hera

py

H

b

H

aem

oglo

bin

H

IV

Hum

an Im

mun

odef

icie

ncy

Viru

s

IA

TT

Inte

r-A

genc

y Ta

sk T

eam

IM

CI

Inte

grat

ed M

anag

emen

t of C

hild

hood

Illn

ess

IP

PT

Inte

rmitt

ent P

resu

mpt

ive

Trea

tmen

t for

Mal

aria

IT

Ns

Inse

ctic

ides

Tre

ated

Net

s

IU

CD

In

tra

Ute

rine

Con

trac

eptiv

e D

evic

e

K

DH

S K

enya

Dem

ogra

phic

and

Hea

lth S

urve

y

K

EPI

K

enya

Exp

ande

d Pr

ogra

mm

e on

Imm

uniz

atio

n

K

OG

S K

enya

Obs

tetr

ical

and

Gyn

aeco

logi

cal S

ocie

ty

K

NH

K

enya

tta

Nat

iona

l Hos

pita

l

LA

M

Lact

atio

nal A

men

orrh

oea

Met

hod

M

&E

M

onito

ring

and

Eva

luat

ion

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

94

8.

Cyt

omeg

alov

irus

infe

ctio

n (r

etin

itis

or in

fect

ion

of o

ther

org

ans)

9.

Cen

tral

ner

vous

sys

tem

tox

opla

smos

is

10.

HIV

enc

epha

lopa

thy

11.

Ext

rapu

lmon

ary

cryp

toco

ccos

is in

clud

ing

men

ingi

tis

12.

Dis

sem

inat

ed n

on-t

uber

culo

us m

ycob

acte

rial

infe

ctio

n

13.

Pro

gres

sive

mul

tifoc

al le

ukoe

ncep

halo

path

y

14.

Chr

onic

cry

ptos

pori

dios

is

15.

Chr

onic

isos

poria

sis

16.

Dis

sem

inat

ed m

ycos

is (

extr

apul

mon

ary

hist

opla

smos

is

or c

occi

diom

ycos

is)

17.

Rec

urre

nt s

eptic

aem

ia (

incl

udin

g no

n-ty

phoi

dal S

alm

onel

la)

18.

Lym

phom

a (c

ereb

ral o

r B

-cel

l non

-Hod

gkin

s)

19.

Inv

asiv

e ce

rvic

al c

arci

nom

a

20.

Aty

pica

l dis

sem

inat

ed le

ishm

ania

sis

21.

Sym

ptom

atic

HIV

-ass

ocia

ted

neph

ropa

thy

or s

ympt

omat

ic H

IV-

asso

ciat

ed

22.

Car

diom

yopa

thy

*Ple

ase

note

: S

igns

and s

ympto

ms

of

HIV

was

ting s

yndro

me

incl

ude:

Unex

pla

ined

invo

lunta

ry w

eight

loss

(>

10%

base

line

body

wei

ght)

with o

bvi

ous

was

ting o

f body

mas

s in

dex

<18.5

PLU

S

unex

pla

ined

chro

nic

dia

rrhoea

(lo

ose

or

wat

ery

stools

thre

e or

more

tim

es d

aily

) re

port

ed

for

longer

than

one

month

OR r

eport

s of

feve

r or

nig

ht

swea

ts f

or

more

than

one

month

w

ithout

oth

er c

ause

and lack

of

resp

onse

to a

ntibio

tics

or

antim

ala

rial ag

ents

. M

ala

ria

must

be

excl

uded

in m

ala

ria

pro

ne

area

s.

*Fo

r th

e purp

ose

of

the

WH

O s

tagin

g s

yste

m,

adole

sents

and a

dults

are

def

ined

as

adults

aged

≥15 y

ears

.

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3

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

CLI

NIC

AL

STA

GE

3 1.

U

nexp

lain

ed s

ever

e w

eigh

t lo

ss (

>10%

of

pres

umed

or

mea

sure

d

body

wei

ght)

2.

Une

xpla

ined

chr

onic

dia

rrho

ea f

or lo

nger

tha

n on

e m

onth

3.

Une

xpla

ined

per

sist

ent

feve

r (a

bove

.37.

5°C

inte

rmitt

ent

or c

onst

ant

for

long

er t

han

one

mon

th)

4.

Per

sist

ent

oral

can

didi

asis

5.

Ora

l hai

ry le

ukop

laki

a

6.

Pul

mon

ary

tube

rcul

osis

7.

Tub

ercu

lous

Lym

phad

enop

athy

8.

Sev

ere

bact

eria

l inf

ectio

ns (

such

as

pneu

mon

ia,

empy

ema,

pyo

myo

sitis

, bo

ne o

r jo

int

infe

ctio

n, m

enin

gitis

or

bact

erae

mia

)

9.

Acu

te n

ecro

tizin

g ul

cera

tive

stom

atiti

s, g

ingi

vitis

or

perio

dont

itis

10.

Une

xpla

ined

ana

emia

(<8

g/dl

), n

eutr

opae

nia

(<0.

5 ×1

09 pe

rlitr

e) a

nd/o

r ch

roni

c th

rom

bocy

topa

enia

(<5

0×10

9 per

litr

e).

CLI

NIC

AL

STA

GE

4 1.

H

IV w

astin

g sy

ndro

me*

2.

Pne

umoc

ystis

pne

umon

ia

3.

Rec

urre

nt s

ever

e ba

cter

ial p

neum

onia

4.

Chr

onic

her

pes

sim

plex

infe

ctio

n (o

rola

bial

, ge

nita

l or

anor

ecta

l of

mor

e th

an o

ne

mon

th’s

dur

atio

n or

vis

cera

l at

any

site

)

5.

Oes

opha

geal

can

didi

asis

(or

can

didi

asis

of

trac

hea,

bro

nchi

or

lung

s)

6.

Ext

rapu

lmon

ary

tube

rcul

osis

exc

ept

Tub

ercu

lous

Lym

ph a

deno

path

y

7.

Kap

osi’s

sar

com

a

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

14

M

CH

M

ater

nal a

nd C

hild

Hea

lth

M

oH

Min

istr

y of

Hea

lth

M

SF

Med

icin

s Sa

ns F

ront

iers

M

TCT

Mot

her-

To-C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on

N

ASC

OP

Nat

iona

l AID

S an

d ST

D C

ontr

ol P

rogr

amm

e

N

VP

Nev

irap

ine

O

D

“Onc

e a

Day

O

I O

ppor

tuni

stic

Infe

ctio

n

O

PV

Ora

l Pol

io V

acci

ne

PA

SCO

Pr

ovin

cial

AID

S/ST

I Coo

rdin

ator

PC

P Pn

eum

ocys

tis ji

rove

cii p

neum

onia

PC

R

Poly

mer

ase

Cha

in R

eact

ion

PI

Pr

otea

se In

hibi

tor

PL

WH

A

Pers

ons/

Peop

le L

ivin

g W

ith H

IV/A

IDS

PM

TCT

Prev

entio

n of

Mot

her

To C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on

R

DA

R

ecom

men

ded

Dai

ly A

llow

ance

R

H

Rep

rodu

ctiv

e H

ealth

R

NA

R

ibon

ucle

ic A

cid

Sd

NV

P

Si

ngle

dos

e N

evir

apin

e

SR

H

Sexu

al a

nd R

epro

duct

ive

Hea

lth

ST

D

Sexu

ally

Tra

nsm

itted

Dis

ease

ST

I Se

xual

ly T

rans

mitt

ed In

fect

ion

TB

Tu

berc

ulos

is

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Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

TB

As

Trad

ition

al B

irth

Att

enda

nts

TL

C

Tota

l Lym

phoc

yte

Cou

nt

TT

Te

tanu

s To

xoid

vac

cine

U

NIC

EF

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Chi

ldre

n’s

Fund

U

NG

ASS

U

nite

d N

atio

ns G

ener

al A

ssem

bly

Spec

ial S

essi

on o

n

HIV

/AID

S

U

oN

Uni

vers

ity o

f Nai

robi

V

CT

Vol

unta

ry C

ouns

ellin

g an

d Te

stin

g

V

IA

Vis

ual I

nspe

ctio

n us

ing

Ace

tone

V

DR

L

Ven

erea

l Dis

ease

Res

earc

h La

bora

tory

(tes

t for

syp

hilis

)

W

HO

W

orld

Hea

lth O

rgan

isat

ion

W

RP

Wal

ter

Ree

d Pr

ogra

m

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

92

App

endi

x I

WH

O C

LIN

ICA

L ST

AG

ING

OF

HIV

/AID

S FO

R A

DU

LTS

AN

D A

DO

LES-

CEN

TS W

ITH

CO

NFI

RM

ED H

IV IN

FEC

TIO

N

CLI

NIC

AL

STA

GE

1

• A

sym

ptom

atic

• P

ersi

sten

t ge

nera

lized

lym

phad

enop

athy

CLI

NIC

AL

STA

GE

2 1.

U

nexp

lain

ed m

oder

ate

wei

ght

loss

(<1

0% o

f pr

esum

ed o

r m

easu

red

body

wei

ght)

2.

Rec

urre

nt u

pper

res

pira

tory

tra

ct in

fect

ions

(si

nusi

tis,

tons

illiti

s,

otiti

s m

edia

and

pha

ryng

itis)

3.

Her

pes

Zos

ter

4.

Ang

ular

Che

ilitis

5.

Rec

urre

nt o

ral u

lcer

atio

n

6.

Pap

ular

pru

ritic

eru

ptio

ns

7.

Seb

orrh

oeic

der

mat

itis

8.

Fun

gal n

ail i

nfec

tions

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1

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Bib

liog

raph

y 1.

Offic

e of

the

Pres

iden

t, N

ational

AID

S C

ontr

ol Counci

l: K

enya

Nat

ional H

IV/A

IDS

Str

ate

gic

pla

n 2

005/6

-2009/1

0.

2.

Rep

ublic

of

Ken

ya,

Nat

ional AID

S C

ontr

ol C

ounci

l: N

atio

nal H

IV/A

IDS M

onitori

ng

and E

valu

atio

n F

ram

ework

.

3.

Rep

ublic

of

Ken

ya,

Nat

ional AID

S C

ontr

ol C

ounci

l: N

atio

nal H

IV/A

IDS M

onitori

ng

and E

valu

atio

n I

mple

men

tation M

anual.

Job

Aid

s/R

efer

ence

s 1.

M

oH

AN

C R

egis

ters

. 2.

M

oH

Mat

ernity

Reg

iste

rs.

3.

M

oH

Post

-nata

l Reg

iste

rs.

4.

M

ater

nal

and C

hild

Wel

fare

Han

dbook.

5.

Rep

roduct

ive

Hea

lth S

ervi

ces

month

ly r

eport

.

6.

M

oH

Form

726.

(Appen

dix

IV).

7.

M

oH

Form

727.

8.

M

OH

Form

711

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

16

Ex

ecut

ive

Sum

mar

y Th

e R

evis

ed G

uide

lines

(3rd e

ditio

n) fo

r Pr

even

tion

of M

othe

r to

Chi

ld T

rans

mis

sion

(P

MTC

T) o

f H

IV a

nd A

IDS

addr

esse

s th

e ri

sks

of m

othe

r-to

-chi

ld t

rans

mis

sion

(M

TCT)

of

HIV

and

AID

S us

ing

mor

e ef

ficac

ious

inte

rven

tions

tha

n in

the

pre

viou

s ed

ition

s. T

he G

uide

lines

are

in

line

with

Ken

ya’s

Nat

iona

l H

ealth

Sec

tor

Stra

tegi

c Pl

an I

I (N

HSS

P II

) an

d ar

e an

chor

ed o

n th

e K

enya

Nat

iona

l A

IDS

Stra

tegi

c Pl

an

(KN

ASP

) 20

00-2

010

whi

ch f

ocus

es o

n th

e pr

iori

ty a

reas

of

prev

entio

n of

new

inf

ec-

tions

, im

prov

ing

the

qual

ity o

f life

of p

eopl

e in

fect

ed a

nd a

ffect

ed b

y H

IV a

nd A

IDS,

an

d m

itiga

tion

of t

he s

ocia

l and

eco

nom

ic im

pact

of t

he in

fect

ion.

One

of t

he p

rior

ity

area

s of

NH

SSP

II i

s ad

here

nce

to s

et c

linic

al a

nd p

ublic

hea

lth s

tand

ards

. Th

e G

uide

lines

wer

e de

velo

ped

thro

ugh

a pa

rtic

ipat

ory

and

cons

ulta

tive

proc

ess

that

dr

ew p

artic

ipan

ts f

rom

pub

lic h

ealth

ins

titut

ions

, N

GO

s, F

BO

s, a

cade

mic

and

re-

sear

ch i

nstit

utio

ns a

nd d

evel

opm

ent

part

ners

. Th

e pr

oces

s w

as c

o-or

dina

ted

by

NA

SCO

P w

ith te

chni

cal a

nd fi

nanc

ial s

uppo

rt fr

om C

DC

(K).

HIV

infe

ctio

n ha

s re

vers

ed g

ains

rea

lised

in c

hild

hea

lth a

nd s

urvi

val i

n th

e la

st d

ec-

ade

in K

enya

. The

infe

ctio

n ha

s al

so c

ontr

ibut

ed s

igni

fican

tly t

o th

e co

mm

on c

ompl

i-ca

tions

of

preg

nanc

y in

man

y co

untr

ies.

Glo

bally

, mor

e th

an 6

30,0

00 c

hild

ren

wer

e in

fect

ed w

ith H

IV t

hrou

gh M

TCT

in 2

003.

In

2007

, K

enya

had

a p

opul

atio

n es

ti-m

ated

at

34 m

illio

n, t

he n

umbe

r of

bir

ths

per

annu

m w

as 1

.73

mill

ion,

the

HIV

pr

eval

ence

am

ong

preg

nant

mot

hers

was

6.7

per

cen

t an

d th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of

bir

ths

to H

IV-in

fect

ed m

othe

rs e

xpos

ed t

o M

TCT

was

163

,800

. A

ssum

ing

a tr

ansm

issi

on

rate

of 4

0 pe

r ce

nt, a

nd in

the

abs

ence

of a

ny in

terv

entio

n, t

he n

umbe

r of

HIV

pos

i-tiv

e in

fant

s pe

r an

num

wou

ld b

e 65

,520

. Ken

ya A

IDS

Indi

cato

r su

rvey

(KA

IS) 2

007

HIV

ser

opre

vale

nce

amon

g ad

ults

age

d 15

-49

year

s is

7.8

%.

Var

ious

inte

rven

tions

hav

e be

en p

ut in

pla

ce t

o re

spon

d to

the

em

ergi

ng c

halle

nges

an

d co

nstr

aint

s to

MTC

T ac

ross

the

cou

ntry

. Ana

lysi

s of

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

the

var

ious

ap

proa

ches

nee

ded

to m

anag

e ri

sks

of M

TCT

prov

ides

val

uabl

e in

sigh

ts th

at n

eces

si-

tate

the

ado

ptio

n of

mor

e ef

ficac

ious

car

e an

d tr

eatm

ent

regi

men

s. T

hese

ins

ight

s ha

ve in

form

ed t

he d

evel

opm

ent

of n

ew G

uide

lines

. The

Gui

delin

es in

corp

orat

e th

ese

chan

ges

and

are

reco

mm

ende

d fo

r us

e by

hea

lth p

rofe

ssio

nals

and

hea

lth in

stitu

tions

at

all

leve

ls o

f car

e. T

he G

uide

lines

will

enh

ance

the

capa

city

of h

ealth

car

e pr

ovid

ers

to g

ive

mor

e ef

ficie

nt a

nd e

ffect

ive

serv

ices

to

HIV

pos

itive

exp

ecta

nt m

othe

rs a

nd

new

born

s.

The

Gui

delin

es h

ave

ten

chap

ters

and

cov

er th

e fo

llow

ing:

just

ifyin

g th

e ne

ed fo

r sp

e-ci

fic m

anag

emen

t of

HIV

pos

itive

wom

en; c

are

befo

re, d

urin

g an

d af

ter

preg

nanc

y;

use

of a

ntir

etro

vira

l the

rapy

in p

regn

ancy

; pos

tnat

al c

are;

fam

ily p

lann

ing;

ear

ly in

-fa

nt d

iagn

osis

; fe

edin

g, c

are

and

follo

w-u

p of

HIV

-infe

cted

inf

ants

; an

d m

onito

ring

an

d ev

alua

tion.

Add

ition

al i

nfor

mat

ion

on W

HO

sta

ging

, co

ntra

cept

ive

optio

ns f

or

PLW

As

and

a su

mm

ary

of A

RV

use

in P

MTC

T is

giv

en in

the

appe

ndic

es.

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elin

es for

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ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

The

Gui

delin

es h

ave

also

inc

orpo

rate

d ba

sic

info

rmat

ion

that

pro

gram

man

ager

s ne

ed in

ord

er to

mak

e th

eir

inst

itutio

ns P

MTC

T-fr

iend

ly. T

his

info

rmat

ion

is fo

und

in

the

boxe

s an

d ap

pend

ices

. Sum

mar

ies

of t

he i

nfor

mat

ion

cont

aine

d in

the

tex

t ar

e fo

und

in th

e ta

bles

.

The

Gui

delin

es p

rovi

de a

bac

kgro

und

to t

he P

MTC

T pr

oble

m in

the

wor

ld, i

n A

fric

a an

d in

Ken

ya. T

hey

also

giv

e de

tails

on

HIV

in p

regn

ancy

, the

tran

smis

sion

pat

tern

s of

MTC

T an

d de

scri

be t

he b

enef

its o

f pr

even

ting

mot

her-

to-c

hild

tra

nsm

issi

on

(PM

TCT)

. The

y al

so p

rovi

de in

form

atio

n on

inte

rven

tions

nec

essa

ry t

o re

duce

MTC

T th

at in

clud

e co

unse

lling

and

test

ing,

labo

rato

ry in

vest

igat

ions

, obs

tetr

ic in

terv

entio

ns

and

trea

tmen

t/pro

phyl

axis

.

The

ante

nata

l man

agem

ent

for

HIV

pos

itive

wom

en, i

nclu

ding

pol

icy

guid

e, jo

b ai

ds

with

sum

mar

ised

ess

entia

l pac

kage

of i

nteg

rate

d an

tena

tal c

are

serv

ices

are

det

aile

d in

Cha

pter

2.

Cha

pter

3 p

rovi

des

info

rmat

ion

on i

ntra

part

um c

are.

Thi

s is

the

man

agem

ent

of

wom

en fr

om th

e on

set o

f lab

our

to d

eliv

ery.

At t

his

stag

e, it

is im

port

ant t

o es

tabl

ish

the

HIV

sta

tus

of w

omen

pri

or to

del

iver

y or

dur

ing

labo

ur. G

uide

lines

sho

uld

be fo

l-lo

wed

for

all w

omen

adm

itted

to la

bour

and

del

iver

y. T

o co

nduc

t vag

inal

del

iver

ies

for

HIV

pos

itive

wom

en,

mod

ified

rou

tine

care

is

give

n. T

he g

uide

lines

pro

vide

a r

e-m

inde

r on

the

activ

ities

ess

entia

l to

carr

y ou

t for

saf

e va

gina

l del

iver

y fo

r al

l wom

en,

not

just

for

thos

e in

fect

ed w

ith H

IV. I

t is

rec

omm

ende

d th

at t

here

sho

uld

be n

o di

s-cr

imin

atio

n or

isol

atio

n of

HIV

pos

itive

wom

en d

urin

g la

bour

and

del

iver

y. D

eliv

ery

thro

ugh

elec

tive

caes

area

n se

ctio

n re

duce

s th

e ri

sk o

f H

IV M

TCT

as c

ompa

red

to

vagi

nal d

eliv

ery

amon

g H

IV p

ositi

ve w

omen

. Whe

re C

S is

per

form

ed a

s an

em

erge

ncy

or e

lect

ivel

y, a

ntib

iotic

s sh

ould

be

give

n.

Ant

iret

rovi

ral (

AR

V) t

hera

py is

dis

cuss

ed in

det

ail i

n C

hapt

er 4

. Thi

s in

clud

es t

her-

apy

for

the

mot

her

befo

re la

bour

, dur

ing

labo

ur a

nd a

fter

del

iver

y, a

nd fo

r th

e in

fant

af

ter

deliv

ery.

Cur

rent

ly,

Nev

irap

ine

is t

he r

ecom

men

ded

regi

men

. How

ever

, sh

ort

cour

se e

ffica

ciou

s A

RV

dru

g re

gim

ens

can

be i

mpl

emen

ted

in r

esou

rce

limite

d se

t-tin

gs. A

RV

s ar

e us

ed b

oth

for

trea

tmen

t an

d fo

r PM

TCT

in H

IV i

nfec

ted

preg

nant

w

omen

and

thei

r ne

onat

es.

Gui

delin

es f

or t

he p

ostp

artu

m c

are

of t

he m

othe

r an

d ca

re f

or H

IV e

xpos

ed in

fant

s ar

e de

taile

d in

Cha

pter

5. I

n C

hapt

er 6

, the

Gui

de p

rovi

des

deta

iled

info

rmat

ion

on

late

pos

tnat

al c

are

and

fam

ily p

lann

ing.

HIV

pos

itive

wom

en c

an u

se a

ll ty

pes

of fa

m-

ily p

lann

ing

base

d on

sta

ndar

d el

igib

ility

cri

teri

a as

exp

licitl

y ou

tline

d in

the

text

.

Gui

delin

es fo

r in

fant

dia

gnos

is, c

are

and

trea

tmen

t ar

e di

scus

sed

in C

hapt

er 7

. Cur

-re

ntly

the

re is

no

test

to

diffe

rent

iate

bet

wee

n an

tibod

ies

from

the

mot

her

and

thos

e pr

oduc

ed b

y th

e ba

by. T

o id

entif

y H

IV in

fect

ed in

fant

s le

ss t

han

18 m

onth

s, D

NA

or

RN

A –

PC

R te

st is

cur

rent

ly r

ecom

men

ded.

HIV

exp

osed

infa

nts

at 6

wee

ks a

nd s

ick

infa

nts

at 1

2 m

onth

s sh

ould

hav

e ac

cess

to

DB

S fo

r D

NA

PC

R. H

IV e

xpos

ed in

fant

s sh

ould

be

star

ted

on c

otri

mox

azol

e fr

om 6

wee

ks. A

ll m

othe

rs w

ith 6

wee

k ol

d in

fant

s

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

90

E U

ptak

e of

cou

nsel

ling

and

test

ing

in M

ater

nity

clin

ic: R

atio

of

m

ater

nity

clie

nts

with

unk

now

n H

IV s

tatu

s w

ho a

re c

ouns

elle

d an

d

test

ed fo

r HIV

in m

ater

nity

.

Num

erat

or:

Num

ber o

f pre

gnan

t wom

en a

dmitt

ed in

to m

ater

nity

with

un

know

n H

IV s

tatu

s th

at a

re c

ouns

elle

d an

d te

sted

for H

IV

durin

g la

bour

or a

fter d

eliv

ery.

Den

omin

ator

: N

umbe

r of p

regn

ant w

omen

adm

itted

into

mat

erni

ty

with

unk

now

n H

IV s

tatu

s.

F M

ater

nity

mot

her A

RV

prop

hyla

xis

upta

ke:

R

atio

of H

IV in

fect

ed m

othe

rs in

mat

erni

ty c

linic

rece

ivin

g pr

even

tive

A

RV

pro

phyl

axis

.

Num

erat

or:

Num

ber o

f HIV

-infe

cted

mot

hers

adm

itted

in m

ater

nity

tak-

ing

or re

porte

d to

hav

e ta

ken

the

mot

her d

ose(

s) o

f pre

ven-

tive

AR

V p

roph

ylax

is.

Den

omin

ator

Num

ber o

f pre

gnan

t wom

en a

dmitt

ed in

to m

ater

nity

who

ar

e H

IV-in

fect

ed.

G

Infa

nt A

RV

prop

hyla

xis

upta

ke:

R

atio

of i

nfan

ts b

orn

to H

IV-in

fect

ed m

othe

rs in

mat

erni

ty c

linic

rece

ivin

g pr

even

tive

AR

V p

roph

ylax

is.

Num

erat

or:

Num

ber o

f inf

ants

bor

n to

HIV

-infe

cted

mot

hers

who

rece

ive

prev

entiv

e

Den

omin

ator

Num

ber o

f inf

ants

bor

n to

HIV

-infe

cted

mot

hers

. N

umbe

r of p

regn

ant w

omen

adm

itted

into

mat

erni

ty w

ho a

re

HIV

-infe

cted

is u

sed

to a

ppro

xim

ate

this

num

ber.

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9

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

With

the

mea

sure

men

ts li

sted

abo

ve, t

he fo

llow

ing

perf

orm

ance

indi

cato

rs

for m

onito

ring

PMTC

T ac

tiviti

es a

re c

alcu

late

d:

A

Upt

ake

of c

ouns

ellin

g an

d te

stin

g in

Ant

enat

al c

linic

:

R

atio

of a

nten

atal

clie

nts

who

wer

e co

unse

lled

and

test

ed fo

r HIV

.

Num

erat

or:

This

is n

umbe

r of p

regn

ant w

omen

atte

ndin

g th

eir f

irst

ante

nata

l clin

ic v

isit

who

are

test

ed fo

r HIV

.

Den

omin

ator

: N

umbe

r of n

ew v

isits

to th

e an

tena

tal c

linic

.

B

Ant

enat

al H

IV s

erop

reva

lenc

e:

R

atio

of A

nten

atal

pre

gnan

t wom

en te

sted

for H

IV th

at a

re H

IV in

fect

ed.

Num

erat

or:

Num

ber o

f clie

nts

who

test

HIV

pos

itive

Den

omin

ator

: To

tal n

umbe

r of p

regn

ant w

omen

test

ed fo

r HIV

in a

nten

a-ta

l clin

ic

C

Ant

enat

al m

othe

r AR

V pr

ophy

laxi

s up

take

:

Rat

io o

f kno

wn

HIV

infe

cted

pre

gnan

t wom

en in

ant

enat

al c

linic

rece

ivin

g A

RV

pre

vent

ive

prop

hyla

xis.

Num

erat

or:

Tota

l num

ber o

f HIV

-infe

cted

pre

gnan

t wom

en in

ant

enat

al

clin

ic re

ceiv

ing

mot

her p

reve

ntiv

e A

RV

pro

phyl

axis

.

Den

omin

ator

: To

tal n

umbe

r of p

regn

ant w

omen

who

are

HIV

-infe

cted

in

the

ante

nata

l clin

ic.

D

Ant

enat

al in

fant

AR

V pr

ophy

laxi

s up

take

:

Rat

io o

f kno

wn

HIV

-infe

cted

pre

gnan

t wom

en in

ant

enat

al c

linic

who

rece

ive

infa

nt d

ose(

s) o

f pre

vent

ive

AR

V p

roph

ylax

is.

Num

erat

or:

Tota

l num

ber o

f HIV

infe

cted

pre

gnan

t wom

en in

an

tena

tal c

linic

rece

ivin

g in

fant

dos

e(s)

pre

vent

ive

A

RV

pro

phyl

axis

.

Den

omin

ator

: To

tal n

umbe

r of p

regn

ant w

omen

who

are

HIV

-infe

cted

in

the

ante

nata

l clin

ic.

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

18

shou

ld h

ave

rout

ine

HIV

ant

ibod

y te

st.

Gui

delin

es f

or f

eedi

ng in

fant

s an

d yo

ung

child

ren

born

to

HIV

infe

cted

mot

hers

are

di

scus

sed

in C

hapt

er 8

. The

Min

istr

y of

Hea

lth r

ecom

men

ds p

rom

otio

n of

exc

lusi

ve

brea

st fe

edin

g fo

r th

e fir

st 6

mon

ths

of li

fe. W

here

rep

lace

men

t fee

ding

is a

ccep

tabl

e,

feas

ible

, af

ford

able

, su

stai

nabl

e an

d sa

fe (

AFA

SS),

avoi

danc

e of

bre

astf

eedi

ng b

y H

IV-in

fect

ed w

omen

is

reco

mm

ende

d (W

HO

200

6). D

iscu

ssio

n on

diff

eren

t ty

pes

of

feed

ing

alte

rnat

ives

to

brea

stfe

edin

g is

cap

ture

d in

the

tex

t. Th

ese

optio

ns e

xist

for

th

e m

othe

r to

cho

ose

with

the

aid

of

coun

selli

ng. I

deal

ly, c

oupl

e de

cisi

on-m

akin

g is

en

cour

aged

for

the

HIV

pos

itive

mot

her.

For

the

HIV

neg

ativ

e m

othe

r, e

xclu

sive

br

east

feed

ing

is r

ecom

men

ded

for

6 m

onth

s or

less

follo

wed

by

wea

ning

.

Car

e an

d fo

llow

-up

of c

hild

ren

of H

IV-in

fect

ed m

othe

rs is

dis

cuss

ed in

det

ail i

n C

hap-

ter

9. A

ll ch

ildre

n bo

rn t

o H

IV i

nfec

ted

mot

hers

sho

uld

be f

ollo

wed

up

clos

ely

from

bi

rth

thro

ugh

2 ye

ars.

Tab

le 9

.2 p

rovi

des

the

WH

O r

ecom

men

ded

follo

w u

p de

tails

. Si

mila

rly,

the

mot

hers

sho

uld

be s

uppo

rted

to

prov

ide

optim

al in

fant

feed

ing

and

to

avoi

d m

ixed

feed

ing

with

in 6

mon

ths.

In C

hapt

er 1

0, t

he G

uide

lines

exp

lain

the

ben

efits

of

mon

itori

ng a

nd e

valu

atio

n of

PM

TCT

prog

ram

s. M

&E

pro

vide

s an

opp

ortu

nity

to

mea

sure

and

app

rais

e pe

rfor

m-

ance

with

in d

efin

ed ti

me

fram

e to

ens

ure

acco

mpl

ishm

ent o

f set

goa

ls a

nd o

bjec

tives

. PM

TCT

serv

ices

mus

t be

gui

ded

by t

imel

y an

d ac

cura

te d

ata

repo

rted

fro

m t

he

heal

th f

acili

ties,

thr

ough

the

dis

tric

t an

d pr

ovin

cial

lev

els,

to

the

natio

nal

leve

l at

N

ASC

OP.

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9

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

88

(xiii

) H

IV in

fect

ed in

mat

erni

ty w

ard:

Num

ber

of p

regn

ant

wom

en a

dmitt

ed in

to

mat

erni

ty c

linic

who

are

HIV

infe

cted

. I

nclu

des

both

tho

se w

ho w

ere

adm

itted

al

read

y kn

owin

g th

ey a

re H

IV-i

nfec

ted

and

thos

e w

ho w

ere

test

ed a

nd r

ecei

ved

thei

r re

sults

in m

ater

nity

clin

ic. T

his

is o

btai

ned

from

the

mat

erni

ty r

egis

ter.

(xiv

) P

reve

ntiv

e A

RV

pro

phyl

axis

in m

ater

nity

war

d (m

othe

r do

se):

Num

ber

of

preg

nant

wom

en a

dmitt

ed in

mat

erni

ty t

akin

g or

rep

orte

d to

hav

e ta

ken

the

mot

her

dose

(s)

of p

reve

ntiv

e A

RV

pro

phyl

axis

. T

his

is o

btai

ned

from

the

m

ater

nity

reg

iste

r.

(xv)

Inf

ant

prev

entiv

e A

RV

pro

phyl

axis

in m

ater

nity

clin

ic/

war

d : N

umbe

r of

in-

fant

s bo

rn in

mat

erni

ty r

ecei

ving

the

infa

nt p

reve

ntiv

e A

RV

pro

phyl

axis

in t

he

mat

erni

ty c

linic

. T

his

is o

btai

ned

from

the

mat

erni

ty r

egis

ter.

(xvi

) D

eliv

erie

s: T

otal

num

ber

of p

regn

ant

wom

en d

eliv

erin

g at

the

hea

lth f

acili

ty.

(xvi

i) C

ouns

ellin

g on

infa

nt f

eedi

ng o

ptio

ns:

Num

ber

of m

othe

rs d

eliv

erin

g at

the

he

alth

fac

ility

cou

nsel

led

on in

fant

fee

ding

opt

ions

. T

his

is o

btai

ned

from

the

m

ater

nity

reg

iste

r.

(xvi

ii) I

nfan

t te

stin

g at

6 w

eeks

:

• N

umbe

r of

infa

nts

test

ed f

or H

IV a

t 6

wee

ks o

ld

• N

umbe

r of

infa

nts

test

ing

HIV

-pos

itive

. T

his

is o

btai

ned

from

labo

rato

ry

regi

ster

(xix

) R

efer

red

for

care

and

tre

atm

ent:

• N

umbe

r of

HIV

infe

cted

wom

en a

ttend

ing

ante

nata

l clin

ic t

hat

is r

efer

red

for

HIV

car

e an

d tr

eatm

ent

• N

umbe

r of

HIV

infe

cted

wom

en in

mat

erni

ty t

hat

is r

efer

red

for

HIV

car

e an

d tr

eatm

ent

• N

umbe

r H

IV in

fect

ed in

fant

s re

ferr

ed f

or H

IV c

are

and

trea

tmen

t. T

his

is

obta

ined

fro

m a

nten

atal

and

mat

erni

ty r

egis

ters

(xx)

Ini

tiate

d on

Cot

rim

oxaz

ole:

Num

ber

of H

IV in

fect

ed p

regn

ant

wom

en a

ttend

ing

ante

nata

l clin

ic th

at h

as

been

initi

ated

on

Cot

rimox

azol

e. T

his

is o

btai

ned

from

the

ant

enat

al r

egis

ter.

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7

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

The

data

is p

rese

nted

usi

ng d

efin

ed p

erfo

rman

ce in

dica

tors

that

incl

ude

the

follo

win

g:

(i)

New

clie

nts/

first

ant

enat

al c

linic

vis

its: N

umbe

r of

pre

gnan

t w

omen

atte

ndin

g th

eir

first

ant

enat

al v

isit

for

the

curr

ent

preg

nanc

y at

the

hea

lth f

acili

ty.

Thi

s is

ob

tain

ed f

rom

the

ant

enat

al r

egis

ter.

(ii)

Ret

urn

visi

ts/r

evis

its:

Num

ber

of r

etur

n an

tena

tal c

linic

vis

its/r

evis

its

atte

nded

by

the

preg

nant

wom

en a

t th

e fa

cilit

y. T

his

is o

btai

ned

from

the

an

tena

tal r

egis

ter.

(iii)

C

ouns

ellin

g an

d te

stin

g fo

r H

IV in

ant

enat

al c

linic

: Tot

al n

umbe

r of

pre

gnan

t w

omen

cou

nsel

led

and

test

ed f

or H

IV a

t th

e an

tena

tal c

linic

, w

heth

er t

his

is d

one

on t

he f

irst

ante

nata

l vis

it or

a la

ter

visi

t. T

his

is o

btai

ned

from

the

an

tena

tal r

egis

ter.

(iv)

H

IV c

ouns

ellin

g an

d te

stin

g at

fir

st a

nten

atal

clin

ic v

isit :

Num

ber

of p

regn

ant

wom

en a

tten

ding

the

ir fir

st a

nten

atal

clin

ic v

isit

for

curr

ent

preg

nanc

y w

ho a

re

test

ed f

or H

IV.

Thi

s is

obt

aine

d fr

om t

he a

nten

atal

reg

iste

r.

(v)

Lear

ning

HIV

sta

tus

in a

nten

atal

clin

ic:

Num

ber

of a

nten

atal

clin

ic p

regn

ant

wom

en t

este

d fo

r H

IV w

ho r

ecei

ve t

heir

HIV

res

ults

, w

heth

er t

his

is d

one

on t

he

first

ant

enat

al c

linic

vis

it or

at

a la

ter

visi

t. T

his

is o

btai

ned

from

the

ant

enat

al

regi

ster

.

(vi)

HIV

infe

cted

in a

nten

atal

clin

ic:

Num

ber

of a

nten

atal

clin

ic p

regn

ant

wom

en

who

are

HIV

-inf

ecte

d on

the

late

st t

est

durin

g th

e pr

egna

ncy.

Thi

s is

obt

aine

d fr

om t

he a

nten

atal

reg

iste

r.

(vii)

Pre

vent

ive

AR

V p

roph

ylax

is in

ant

enat

al c

linic

(m

othe

r do

se):

Num

ber

of

preg

nant

wom

en in

the

ant

enat

al c

linic

rec

eivi

ng t

he m

othe

r do

se(s

) of

pre

ven-

tive

AR

V p

roph

ylax

is.

Thi

s is

obt

aine

d fr

om t

he a

nten

atal

reg

iste

r.

(viii

) P

reve

ntiv

e A

RV

pro

phyl

axis

in a

nten

atal

clin

ic (

infa

nt d

ose)

: N

umbe

r of

pr

egna

nt w

omen

in t

he A

nten

atal

clin

ic is

sued

with

the

infa

nt d

ose(

s) o

f pr

even

-tiv

e A

RV

pro

phyl

axis

. T

his

is o

btai

ned

from

the

ant

enat

al r

egis

ter.

(ix)

New

clie

nts

in m

ater

nity

clin

ic:

Num

ber

of p

regn

ant

wom

en a

tten

ding

the

Ma-

tern

ity c

linic

for

the

firs

t tim

e. T

his

is o

btai

ned

from

the

mat

erni

ty r

egis

ter.

(x)

Unk

now

n H

IV s

tatu

s at

mat

erni

ty:

Num

ber

of p

regn

ant

wom

en a

dmitt

ed in

to

the

mat

erni

ty w

ith u

nkno

wn

HIV

sta

tus.

Thi

s is

obt

aine

d fr

om t

he m

ater

nity

reg

is-

ter.

(xi)

Cou

nsel

ling

and

test

ing

for

HIV

in m

ater

nity

war

d :T

otal

num

ber

of p

regn

ant

wom

en a

dmitt

ed in

to m

ater

nity

with

unk

now

n st

atus

tha

t ar

e co

unse

lled

and

test

ed fo

r H

IV d

urin

g la

bour

or

afte

r de

liver

y. T

his

is o

btai

ned

from

the

mat

erni

ty

regi

ster

.

(xii)

Lea

rnin

g H

IV s

tatu

s in

mat

erni

ty w

ard :

Num

ber

of p

regn

ant

wom

en a

dmitt

ed

into

mat

erni

ty a

nd t

este

d fo

r H

IV w

ho r

ecei

ved

thei

r H

IV r

esul

ts.

Thi

s is

obt

aine

d fr

om t

he m

ater

nity

reg

iste

r.

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

20

Cha

pter

1

Bac

kgro

und

1.1

THE

GLO

BA

L PA

ND

EMIC

O

ver

38 m

illio

n pe

ople

are

livi

ng w

ith H

IV/A

IDS

wor

ldw

ide,

and

abo

ut tw

o-th

irds

or

25

mill

ion

of P

LWH

A l

ive

in s

ub-S

ahar

an A

fric

a1.

HIV

/AID

S m

ainl

y af

fect

s pe

ople

of

repr

oduc

tive

age

and

incr

easi

ngly

affe

cts

wom

en,

who

now

acc

ount

for

57%

of

new

in

fect

ions

in s

ub-S

ahar

an A

fric

a, w

here

wom

en a

re 3

0% m

ore

likel

y to

be

livin

g w

ith

HIV

/AID

S th

an m

en, a

nd y

oung

wom

en a

ged

15-2

4 ar

e ne

arly

four

tim

es m

ore

likel

y to

be

inf

ecte

d th

an t

heir

mal

e co

unte

rpar

ts2.

Youn

g, m

arri

ed w

omen

, w

ho a

re o

ften

m

onog

amou

s, h

ave

beco

me

one

of t

he g

roup

s m

ost

vuln

erab

le t

o H

IV i

n th

e re

gion

. Th

is r

equi

res

new

and

rap

id r

espo

nses

that

bro

aden

the

focu

s be

yond

trad

ition

al “h

igh

risk

” gro

ups

like

com

mer

cial

sex

wor

kers

, tru

ck d

rive

rs, a

nd d

rug

user

s.

To r

each

you

ng m

arri

ed w

omen

, w

ho m

ay n

ot b

e aw

are

of t

heir

vul

nera

bilit

y, H

IV/

AID

S pr

even

tion,

ca

re

and

supp

ort

activ

ities

m

ust

be

inte

grat

ed

into

al

read

y es

tabl

ishe

d he

alth

ser

vice

s th

at a

re u

sed

by t

he g

ener

al p

opul

atio

n. A

n es

timat

ed

630,

000

child

ren

wor

ld-w

ide

beca

me

infe

cted

with

HIV

in

2003

— m

ost

thro

ugh

MTC

T3.

The

risk

of

an H

IV-in

fect

ed m

othe

r pa

ssin

g th

e vi

rus

to h

er i

nfan

t du

ring

pr

egna

ncy,

labo

ur a

nd d

eliv

ery

or in

the

post

nata

l per

iod

is 1

in 3

if n

othi

ng is

don

e to

re

duce

this

ris

k. I

n ot

her

wor

ds, o

ut o

f 100

infa

nts

born

to w

omen

with

HIV

/AID

S an

d w

ithou

t in

terv

entio

n, 6

0-75

of t

hem

will

not

be

infe

cted

. Of t

he o

ne-t

hird

who

bec

ome

infe

cted

, abo

ut 5

-10

babi

es w

ill b

e in

fect

ed d

urin

g pr

egna

ncy,

15

will

be

infe

cted

dur

ing

labo

ur a

nd d

eliv

ery

whi

le 5

-15

will

be

infe

cted

dur

ing

brea

stfe

edin

g, l

arge

ly b

eing

de

pend

ent

on b

reas

tfee

ding

pra

ctic

es a

nd o

n th

e du

ratio

n of

bre

astfe

edin

g4. I

n 20

03,

near

ly 5

00,0

00 c

hild

ren

died

of A

IDS-

rela

ted

caus

es. M

ost

child

ren

born

with

HIV

die

be

fore

they

rea

ch th

eir

fifth

bir

thda

y, w

ith m

ost n

ot s

urvi

ving

bey

ond

two

year

s5 .

The

high

rat

es o

f M

TCT

in d

evel

opin

g co

untr

ies,

com

pare

d to

muc

h lo

wer

rat

es i

n ri

cher

cou

ntri

es,

illus

trat

e gr

owin

g in

equa

litie

s in

glo

bal

heal

th.

In t

he w

ealth

y co

untr

ies,

the

rat

e of

MTC

T is

les

s th

an 2

% b

ecau

se o

f w

ides

prea

d ac

cess

to

anti-

retr

ovir

al th

erap

y (A

RT)

, pla

nned

cae

sare

an s

ectio

ns (C

S), t

he m

eans

to s

afel

y fo

rmul

a fe

ed, a

nd a

cces

s to

qua

lity

med

ical

ser

vice

s. I

n po

orer

cou

ntri

es li

ke K

enya

, the

re is

a

30-4

0% c

hanc

e th

at a

n H

IV-p

ositi

ve b

reas

tfee

ding

mot

her

will

pas

s H

IV to

her

chi

ld in

th

e ab

senc

e of

the

se s

ervi

ces.

In

such

set

tings

, it

is c

ritic

al t

hat

prev

entio

n pr

oced

ures

be

int

egra

ted

into

exi

stin

g se

xual

and

rep

rodu

ctiv

e he

alth

(SR

H)

and

mat

erna

l an

d ch

ild h

ealth

(M

CH

) se

rvic

es,

reac

hing

as

man

y w

omen

as

poss

ible

and

low

erin

g tr

ansm

issi

on r

ates

. Alth

ough

pha

rmac

eutic

al c

ompa

ny d

onat

ions

, don

or s

uppo

rt, a

nd

othe

r go

vern

men

t in

itiat

ives

hav

e he

lped

exp

and

acce

ss t

o H

IV t

estin

g fo

r pr

egna

nt

wom

en a

nd u

se o

f ant

iret

rovi

ral d

rugs

like

Nev

irap

ine,

whi

ch r

educ

e th

e ch

ance

of H

IV

tran

smis

sion

, stil

l onl

y 10

% o

f pre

gnan

t wom

en g

loba

lly h

ave

acce

ss to

thes

e dr

ugs6 .

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1

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

HIV

/AID

S tr

ansm

issi

on fr

om m

othe

r to

chi

ld in

Ken

ya is

one

of t

he b

igge

st h

ealth

and

de

velo

pmen

t cha

lleng

es in

Ken

ya. A

ccor

ding

to th

e 20

03 D

emog

raph

ic a

nd H

ealth

Sur

-ve

y7, 6

.7%

or

over

1.2

mill

ion

Ken

yan

adul

ts w

ere

livin

g w

ith H

IV/A

IDS

in 2

003.

The

re

has

been

a s

tead

y de

clin

e in

HIV

ser

opre

vale

nce

in K

enya

. In

2005

, the

pre

vale

nce

rate

w

as e

stim

ated

at 5

.9%

and

as

per

the

2006

sta

tistic

s th

e pr

eval

ence

rat

e am

ong

adul

ts

had

drop

ped

to 5

.1%

8. A

ccor

ding

to

2007

Ken

ya A

IDS

Indi

cato

r Su

rvey

(K

AIS

)8a t

he

HIV

ser

opre

vale

nce

in K

enya

is c

urre

ntly

7.8

% a

mon

g ad

ults

age

d 15

-49

year

s, b

eing

hi

gher

in

wom

en (

8.7%

) th

an i

n m

en (

5.6%

), Y

oung

wom

en a

re m

ore

vuln

erab

le i

n K

enya

tha

n m

en, a

s ev

iden

ced

by a

nea

rly

9% p

reva

lenc

e ra

te a

mon

g w

omen

and

un-

der

5% a

mon

g m

en9 .

Ther

e ar

e w

ide

vari

atio

ns b

etw

een

urba

n an

d ru

ral

area

s, b

etw

een

regi

ons,

bet

wee

n ad

ults

and

you

ng p

eopl

e an

d be

twee

n m

en a

nd w

omen

. The

re h

as b

een

a no

tabl

e dr

op

in t

he n

umbe

r of

new

inf

ectio

ns,

with

an

estim

ated

60,

000

new

inf

ectio

ns i

n 20

05,

drop

ping

to 5

5,00

0 in

200

6. In

fant

s an

d yo

ung

child

ren

unde

r 15

yea

rs a

ccou

nt fo

r 16

%

of a

ll ne

w H

IV in

fect

ions

mai

nly

as a

res

ult o

f MTC

T. M

ost o

f the

new

infe

ctio

ns o

ccur

am

ong

youn

g pe

ople

, in

who

m t

he m

ain

mod

e of

tra

nsm

issi

on is

thr

ough

sex

ual i

nter

-co

urse

.

Tabl

e 1.

1: A

dult

HIV

-Pre

vale

nce

Estim

ate

by P

rovi

nce

in 2

006

Prov

ince

N

umbe

r of H

IV +

Prev

alen

ce (%

)

Tota

l M

ale

Fe

mal

e

Mal

e/Fe

mal

e R

atio

Nai

robi

19

7,00

0 10

.1

8.0

12.3

1.

5

Cen

tral

96,

000

4.1

1.7

6.5

3.

8

Coa

st

93,

000

5.9

5.0

6.9

1.

4

Eas

tern

7

2,00

0 2.

8 1.

1 4

.4

4.0

N. E

aste

rn

9

,000

1.

4 0.

9 1

.8

2.0

Nya

nza

183,

000

7.8

6.1

9.6

1.

6

Rift

Val

ley

171,

000

3.8

2.6

4.9

1.

9

Wes

tern

11

2,00

0 5.

3 4.

2 6

.4

1.5

Tota

l 1.

1 m

illion

5

.1

3.5

6.7

1.

9

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

86

all t

he d

ata

from

the

prov

ince

s (a

nd r

efer

ral h

ospi

tals

). Th

e ag

greg

ated

dat

a is

di

ssem

inat

ed t

o th

e H

ealth

Man

agem

ent

Info

rmat

ion

Syst

em, N

atio

nal A

IDS

Con

trol

Cou

ncil’

s (N

AC

C)

natio

nal

data

ban

k an

d re

sour

ce c

entr

e. T

he f

ocal

pe

rson

s he

re a

re t

he d

irec

tor,

NA

CC

and

the

M&

E m

anag

er. D

ata

is d

isse

mi-

nate

d ba

ck to

the

prov

ince

s an

d re

ferr

al h

ospi

tals

for

use

in d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing.

7.

D

ata

flow

fro

m f

acili

ty l

evel

to

natio

nal

leve

l: A

t th

e he

alth

fac

ility

, PM

TCT

indi

vidu

al

leve

l dat

a re

cord

ed in

the

MoH

sta

ndar

dise

d re

gist

ers

(AN

C, M

a-te

rnity

and

Pos

tnat

al)

is s

umm

aris

ed/

aggr

egat

ed o

n a

mon

thly

bas

is o

nto

MoH

For

m 7

26.

For

m 7

26 i

s th

en f

orw

arde

d up

war

ds t

o th

e di

stri

ct L

evel

(D

ASC

O’s

Offi

ce) f

or a

ggre

gatio

n of

the

Dis

tric

t lev

el d

ata

onto

For

m 7

27. C

op-

ies

of F

orm

726

and

For

m 7

27 a

re fo

rwar

ded

to th

e N

atio

nal O

ffice

(NAS

CO

P)

with

ano

ther

copy

of F

orm

727

bei

ng s

ent t

o th

e Pr

ovin

cial

Offi

ce (P

ASC

O).

8.

Dat

a di

ssem

inat

ion:

Thi

s is

car

ried

out

at

all

leve

ls s

tart

ing

from

fac

ility

to

natio

nal l

evel

. It i

s th

e re

spon

sibi

lity

of N

AC

C to

coo

rdin

ate

the

diss

emin

atio

n an

d us

e of

all

HIV

/AID

S da

ta a

nd in

form

atio

n fo

r na

tiona

l res

pons

e. J

APR

, a

join

t pro

gram

me

of a

ll st

akeh

olde

rs in

HIV

/AID

S re

ceiv

es a

nd u

ses

the

data

to

disc

uss

the

chal

leng

es, a

chie

vem

ents

and

les

sons

lea

rnt

from

HIV

/AID

S an

d gi

ves

feed

back

for n

atio

nal r

espo

nse.

9.

PMTC

T in

dica

tors

and

thei

r so

urce

s: H

ealth

car

e fa

cilit

ies

colle

ct th

e fo

llow

ing

data

as

a m

inim

um t

o be

use

d in

the

mon

itori

ng o

f PM

TCT

prog

ram

s. T

he

data

is

to b

e ag

greg

ated

on

a m

onth

ly b

asis

ont

o th

e M

inis

try

of H

ealth

, In

tegr

ated

Mon

itori

ng a

nd E

valu

atio

n R

epor

t For

m M

oH 7

26 u

sing

dat

a fr

om

the

Min

istr

y of

Hea

lth,

Ken

ya A

nten

atal

and

Mat

erni

ty R

egis

ters

(D

eliv

ery

Reg

iste

r), M

oH 4

05 a

nd M

oH 3

33 r

espe

ctiv

ely.

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5

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

10.2

O

PER

ATI

ON

AL

GU

IDEL

INES

The

follo

win

g gu

idel

ines

sho

uld

be fo

llow

ed in

the

mon

itorin

g an

d ev

alua

-tio

n of

PM

TCT

serv

ices

: 1.

W

ithin

PM

TCT

prog

ram

s, d

ata

is c

olle

cted

and

rep

orte

d at

the

fol

low

ing

le

vels

: Ind

ivid

ual,

faci

lity,

dis

tric

t, pr

ovin

cial

and

nat

iona

l.

2.

Indi

vidu

al l

evel

: The

com

bine

d m

othe

r an

d ch

ild h

ealth

boo

klet

pro

vide

s de

-ta

iled

info

rmat

ion

on t

he w

oman

and

chi

ld i

nclu

ding

the

HIV

sta

tus,

oth

er

HIV

car

e se

rvic

es, d

rugs

, del

iver

y in

form

atio

n, im

mun

isat

ion,

gro

wth

mon

itor-

ing

and

othe

r par

amet

ers.

3.

Faci

lity

leve

l da

ta c

aptu

re t

ools

: The

MoH

has

sta

ndar

dise

d re

gist

ers

for

re-

cord

ing

data

at

faci

litie

s. T

hese

inc

lude

the

Rev

ised

AN

C R

egis

ter,

Rev

ised

M

ater

nity

Reg

iste

r an

d Po

st N

atal

Reg

iste

r an

d W

orkl

oad,

MO

H 7

17. O

ther

re

gist

ers

incl

ude

Chi

ld H

ealth

and

Nut

ritio

n In

form

atio

n Sy

stem

and

In-

patie

nt M

orbi

dity

and

Mor

talit

y. F

orm

711

and

the

Rep

rodu

ctiv

e H

ealth

Ser

-vi

ces

mon

thly

rep

orts

are

use

d fo

r m

akin

g fa

cilit

y le

vel s

umm

arie

s on

PM

TCT

and

repr

oduc

tive

heal

th s

ervi

ces.

3. F

acili

ty le

vel d

ata

capt

ure

tool

s: T

he M

oH

has

stan

dard

ized

reg

iste

rs f

or r

ecor

ding

dat

a at

fac

ilitie

s. T

hese

inc

lude

the

R

evis

ed A

NC

Reg

iste

r, R

evis

ed M

ater

nity

Reg

iste

r an

d Po

st N

atal

Reg

iste

r an

d w

orkl

oad

MO

H 7

17. O

ther

reg

iste

rs in

clud

e C

hild

Hea

lth a

nd N

utri

tion

Info

rmat

ion

Syst

em a

nd I

n-pa

tient

mor

bidi

ty a

nd m

orta

lity.

Fo

rm 7

26 a

nd

the

Rep

rodu

ctiv

e he

alth

ser

vice

s m

onth

ly r

epor

ts a

re u

sed

for

mak

ing

faci

lity

leve

l sum

mar

ies

on P

MTC

T an

d re

prod

uctiv

e he

alth

ser

vice

s.

4.

Dis

tric

t le

vel

data

: For

m 7

27 i

s us

ed t

o su

mm

aris

e an

d re

port

dis

tric

t le

vel

data

. Oth

er s

umm

ary/

repo

rtin

g to

ols

are

also

use

d to

rep

ort

dist

rict

leve

l in-

form

atio

n. A

t th

e di

stri

ct le

vel,

the

DAS

CO

’s of

fice

aggr

egat

es d

ata

from

sev

-er

al h

ealth

faci

lity

spec

ific

Form

726

ont

o Fo

rm 7

27 th

at is

use

d to

sum

mar

ise

and

repo

rt d

istr

ict l

evel

dat

a.

5.

Prov

inci

al l

evel

dat

a: A

t th

e pr

ovin

cial

lev

el, t

he P

ASC

O r

ecei

ves

Form

727

da

ta f

rom

the

res

pect

ive

DA

SCO

’s of

fices

in

the

prov

ince

for

the

ir o

wn

data

us

e an

d re

cord

s. A

cop

y of

the

sam

e is

sen

t to

the

Nat

iona

l Offi

ce (N

ASC

OP)

by

the

DA

SCO

’s of

fice.

At

the

prov

inci

al le

vel,

the

dist

rict

leve

l dat

a is

agg

re-

gate

d to

giv

e th

e pr

ovin

cial

leve

l dat

a.

6. N

atio

nal

leve

l da

ta:

At

the

natio

nal

leve

l, th

e M

&E

Man

ager

rec

eive

s da

ta

from

the

PASC

Os

for

each

of t

he p

rovi

nces

. Dat

a is

als

o re

ceiv

ed fr

om th

e R

e-fe

rral

hos

pita

ls a

nd o

ther

fac

ilitie

s at

the

ref

erra

l ho

spita

l or

ter

tiary

lev

el.

The

data

rec

eive

d at

the

nat

iona

l lev

el is

als

o co

pied

to

the

Hea

d of

NA

SCO

P an

d PM

TCT

prog

ram

me

man

ager

. The

M&

E m

anag

er a

t NA

SCO

P ag

greg

ates

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

22

1.2

MA

GN

ITU

DE

OF

HIV

IN P

REG

NA

NC

Y IN

KEN

YA

Ken

ya N

atio

nal

AID

S/ST

I C

ontr

ol P

rogr

amm

e (N

ASC

OP)

est

imat

es t

hat

ther

e w

ere

1.2

mill

ion

babi

es b

orn

in 2

006

in K

enya

and

that

as

man

y as

9%

of p

regn

ant w

omen

in

Ken

ya w

ere

livin

g w

ith H

IV/A

IDS.

10

At

leas

t 50

,000

to

60,0

00 i

nfan

ts i

n K

enya

wer

e th

ough

t to

hav

e be

en i

nfec

ted

with

H

IV a

s a

resu

lt of

MTC

T th

at y

ear.

With

an

estim

ated

pop

ulat

ion

of 3

7.2

mill

ion

in th

e ye

ar 2

007,

the

num

ber

of b

irth

s in

200

7 w

as 1

.73

mill

ion.

With

an

HIV

pre

vale

nce

of 6

.7%

, the

num

ber

of H

IV -

expo

sed

babi

es is

114

,101

and

at

leas

t 45,

640

HIV

-pos

itive

bab

ies

are

born

, ass

umin

g a

40 %

tran

smis

sion

(Tab

le 1

.2).

Tabl

e 1.

2: E

stim

ated

mag

nitu

de o

f MTC

T in

Ken

ya, 2

007

Popu

latio

n (E

stim

ates

200

7)

37.2

mill

ion

Birt

hs p

er a

nnum

1.

73 m

illio

n

HIV

pre

vale

nce

in m

othe

rs

6.7%

Tota

l num

ber o

f birt

hs to

HIV

-infe

cted

mot

hers

exp

osed

to

MTC

T as

sum

ing

no m

ultip

le p

regn

ancy

14

1,10

1

Num

ber o

f HIV

pos

itive

infa

nts

per a

nnum

in K

enya

as

sum

ing

40%

tran

smis

sion

45

,640

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3

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

1.3

RIS

KS

OF

TRA

NSM

ISSI

ON

OF

MTC

T A

T D

IFFE

REN

T

T I

ME

PER

IOD

S In

Ken

ya, a

n es

timat

ed 4

0,00

0 to

50,

000

infa

nts

are

infe

cted

with

HIV

ann

ually

due

to

mot

her-

to-c

hild

tra

nsm

issi

on.

This

can

occ

ur in

ute

ro, d

urin

g la

bour

and

del

iver

y an

d th

roug

h br

east

feed

ing.

Dur

ing

preg

nanc

y, a

bout

5 t

o 8

perc

ent

of H

IV-e

xpos

ed b

abie

s be

com

e in

fect

ed t

hrou

gh t

rans

mis

sion

acr

oss

the

plac

enta

. Lab

our

and

deliv

ery

pose

s th

e gr

eate

st r

isk

for

tran

smis

sion

with

10

to 2

0 pe

rcen

t of

exp

osed

inf

ants

bec

omin

g in

fect

ed a

t thi

s tim

e.

Bre

astf

eedi

ng a

lso

expo

ses

infa

nts

to H

IV.

Whe

n m

othe

rs b

reas

tfee

d fo

r 18

to

24

mon

ths

anot

her

10 to

15

perc

ent o

f inf

ants

bec

ome

infe

cted

. Thu

s, in

non

-bre

astf

eedi

ng

popu

latio

ns, w

ithou

t an

tiret

rovi

ral t

reat

men

t, ap

prox

imat

ely

15 t

o 30

per

cent

infa

nts

will

bec

ome

infe

cted

; w

ith p

rolo

nged

bre

astf

eedi

ng,

25 t

o 45

per

cent

inf

ants

will

be

com

e in

fect

ed.

Tabl

e 1.

3: T

rans

mis

sion

pat

tern

s in

bre

astfe

edin

g

and

non

brea

stfe

edin

g po

pula

tions

S

ourc

e: D

e C

ock

K.M

(200

2)

Tim

ing

No

B

reas

tfeed

ing

Bre

astfe

edin

g th

roug

h

6 m

onth

s

Bre

astfe

edin

g th

roug

h

18 to

24

mon

ths

Dur

ing

preg

nanc

y 05

to 1

0 05

to 1

0 05

to 1

0

Dur

ing

labo

ur

10 to

20

10 to

20

10 to

20

Thro

ugh

brea

stfe

edin

g 10

to 2

0 05

to 1

0 05

to 1

0

Ear

ly (f

irst 2

mon

ths)

10

to 2

0 05

to 1

0 05

to 1

0

Late

(afte

r 2 m

onth

s)

10 to

20

01 to

05

05 to

10

Ove

rall

15 to

30

25 to

35

30 to

45

Tran

smis

sion

rate

in %

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

84

Form

MoH

711

has

bee

n re

com

men

ded

to r

epla

ce F

orm

MoH

726

HIV

M&

E d

ata

flow

pip

elin

e fr

om t

he i

ndiv

idua

l he

alth

fac

ilitie

s, t

o th

e di

stri

ct a

nd

prov

inci

al le

vels

up

to th

e ce

ntra

l or

natio

nal l

evel

s at

NA

SCO

P an

d N

AC

C is

sum

ma-

rise

d in

Fig

ure.

10.

1.

Figu

re 1

0.1:

HIV

Mon

itorin

g an

d Ev

alua

tion

data

flow

pip

elin

e in

Ken

ya

HM

IS

NA

SC

OP

H

ead

M/E

Man

ager

P

rogr

amm

e M

anag

er

Ref

erra

l Hos

pita

ls,

CE

Os,

Spe

cial

ists

The

Prov

ince

P

MO

P

AS

CO

P

AR

TO

PH

RIO

P

CO

The

Dis

trict

D

MO

D

AS

CO

, Dat

a en

try

cler

k D

AR

TO

DH

RIO

Hea

lth F

acilit

y P

ublic

Sec

tor

FBO

etc

NAC

C

Nat

iona

l Dat

a B

ank

&

Res

ourc

e C

entre

Th

e D

irect

or

M/E

Man

ager

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ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Cha

pter

10

Mon

itorin

g an

d Ev

alua

tion

of P

MTC

T Se

rvic

es

10.1

IN

TRO

DU

CTI

ON

PM

TCT

prog

ram

mon

itori

ng a

nd e

valu

atio

n ac

tiviti

es p

rovi

de th

e op

port

unity

to m

eas-

ure

and

appr

aise

per

form

ance

with

in d

efin

ed p

aram

eter

s th

at e

nsur

e ac

com

plis

hmen

t of

goa

ls a

nd o

bjec

tives

.

In l

ine

with

thi

s, t

he c

ount

ry h

as d

evel

oped

the

Nat

iona

l H

IV/A

IDS

Mon

itori

ng a

nd

Eva

luat

ion

Fram

ewor

k th

at p

rovi

des

stak

ehol

ders

with

a t

ool

for

wel

l co

ordi

nate

d,

inte

rlin

ked

and

func

tiona

l HIV

/AID

S M

&E

sys

tem

tha

t al

low

s fo

r ef

ficie

nt m

onito

ring

of

int

erve

ntio

ns i

n ac

hiev

ing

the

natio

nal

prog

ram

mat

ic g

oals

usi

ng d

efin

ed t

arge

ts.

This

pro

vide

s th

e fr

amew

ork

for M

&E

act

iviti

es w

ithin

PM

TCT

prog

ram

s.

Nat

iona

l PM

TCT

data

is

repo

rted

usi

ng M

oH I

nteg

rate

d M

onito

ring

and

Eva

luat

ion

Rep

ortin

g Fo

rms,

For

m M

oH 7

11 o

r Fo

rm M

oH 7

27* .

Ind

ivid

ual P

MTC

T da

ta is

col

-le

cted

at

the

heal

th f

acili

ties

offe

ring

PM

TCT

serv

ices

usi

ng s

tand

ard

MoH

reg

iste

rs

(AN

C, M

ater

nity

and

Pos

tnat

al R

egis

ters

).

On

mon

thly

bas

is, t

he h

ealth

faci

litie

s w

ill a

ggre

gate

the

dat

a fr

om t

he r

egis

ters

on

to

Form

MoH

711

or

MO

H 7

26 w

hich

is th

en fo

rwar

ded

upw

ards

to th

e D

ASC

O’s

offic

e. A

co

py i

s le

ft a

t th

e he

alth

fac

ility

for

the

ir o

wn

data

use

. A

t th

e di

stri

ct l

evel

, th

e D

ASC

O’s

offic

e ag

greg

ates

dat

a fr

om s

ever

al h

ealth

fac

ility

spe

cific

For

m 7

26 o

nto

Form

MoH

727

(or

Form

711

) tha

t is

use

d to

sum

mar

ise

and

repo

rt d

istr

ict

leve

l dat

a.

Bot

h Fo

rm 7

26 a

nd F

orm

MoH

727

are

then

sen

t to

NA

SCO

P. A

cop

y of

the

Form

727

or

For

m 7

11 is

sen

t to

the

PASC

O a

nd a

noth

er to

the

heal

th fa

cilit

ies

in th

e di

stri

ct fo

r th

eir

own

data

use

.

Ken

ya is

com

mitt

ed to

the

“Thr

ee-o

nes”

pri

ncip

les

whi

ch a

re:

• O

ne a

gree

d A

IDS

Act

ion

Fra

mew

ork

that

pro

vide

s th

e ba

sis

for

coor

dina

ting

the

wor

k pl

an o

f al

l par

tner

s.

• O

ne N

atio

nal A

IDS

Coo

rdin

atin

g A

utho

rity

with

a b

road

-bas

ed

mul

tisec

tora

l man

date

.

• O

ne a

gree

d co

untr

y-le

vel M

onito

ring

and

Eva

luat

ion

(M

&E

) sy

stem

.

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

24

1.4

RIS

K F

AC

TOR

S FO

R M

TCT

OF

HIV

M

any

fact

ors

are

know

n or

sus

pect

ed t

o in

crea

se t

he r

isk

of a

n H

IV in

fect

ed m

othe

r tr

ansm

ittin

g th

e vi

rus

to h

er i

nfan

t. Th

ese

fact

ors

incl

ude

the

HIV

vir

al l

oad

in t

he

mot

her,

as

wel

l as

othe

r m

ater

nal,

obst

etri

cal,

vira

l and

infa

nt fa

ctor

s (T

able

1.4

).

The

mos

t sig

nific

ant r

isk

fact

or a

ppea

rs to

be

the

HIV

vir

al lo

ad in

the

mot

her,

thou

gh

the

othe

r fa

ctor

s m

ay a

lso

cont

ribu

te t

o in

crea

sing

an

infa

nt’s

expo

sure

or

susc

eptib

il-ity

to

acqu

irin

g H

IV. S

ome

fact

ors

may

cau

se a

bre

akdo

wn

in t

he p

rote

ctio

n of

fere

d to

th

e fo

etus

by

the

plac

enta

, whi

ch in

nor

mal

cir

cum

stan

ces

wou

ld n

ot a

llow

HIV

to c

ross

th

e pl

acen

ta fr

om m

othe

r to

foet

us.

Tran

smis

sion

dur

ing

labo

ur a

nd d

eliv

ery

occu

rs w

hen

the

infa

nt s

ucks

, im

bibe

s or

as-

pira

tes

mat

erna

l bl

ood

or c

ervi

cal

secr

etio

ns t

hat

cont

ain

HIV

, or

whe

n it

has

othe

r m

ucou

s m

embr

ane

expo

sure

.Tab

le 1

.4:

Ris

k fa

ctor

s fo

r M

TCT

of H

IV

St

rong

evi

denc

e Li

mite

d ev

iden

ce

VIR

AL

Hig

h vi

ral l

oad

Vira

l res

ista

nce

(theo

retic

al p

ossi

bilit

y)

Vira

l gen

otyp

e an

d ph

enot

ype

MA

TER

NA

L Im

mun

e de

ficie

ncy

(low

C

D4

coun

t), H

IV in

fect

ion

acqu

ired

durin

g pr

egna

ncy

or

brea

stfe

edin

g pe

riod

Vita

min

A d

efic

ienc

y, a

naem

ia, s

exua

lly

trans

mitt

ed d

isea

ses,

ch

orio

amni

oniti

s, fr

eque

nt u

npro

tect

ed

sexu

al in

terc

ours

e, m

ultip

le s

exua

l pa

rtner

s, s

mok

ing,

inje

ctin

g dr

ug a

buse

OB

STE

TRIC

AL

Vagi

nal d

eliv

ery

(com

pare

d to

ele

ctiv

e ca

esar

ean

sect

ion)

, ru

ptur

e of

the

mem

bran

es

for m

ore

than

4 h

ours

Inva

sive

or t

raum

atic

pro

cedu

res:

in

stru

men

tal d

eliv

erie

s, a

mni

ocen

tesi

s,

epis

ioto

my,

ext

erna

l cep

halic

ver

sion

(E

CV

), et

c., i

ntra

partu

m h

aem

orrh

age

FETA

L/IN

FAN

T Pr

emat

urity

Le

sion

s of

ski

n an

d/or

muc

ous

m

embr

anes

BR

EA

ST-

FEE

DIN

G

Dur

atio

n of

bre

astfe

edin

g,

mix

ed fe

edin

g, b

reas

t di

seas

e (m

astit

is/c

rack

ed

nipp

les)

Ora

l thr

ush

(bab

y)

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elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

1.5

BEN

EFIT

S O

F PR

EVEN

TIN

G M

OTH

ER-T

O-C

HIL

D

T R

AN

SMIS

SIO

N O

F H

IV

AID

S re

late

d de

aths

are

rev

ersi

ng g

ains

mad

e in

chi

ld h

ealth

and

sur

viva

l in

Ken

ya.

Car

ing

for

HIV

-infe

cted

chi

ldre

n ha

s m

ajor

eco

nom

ic a

nd s

ocia

l im

pact

s on

fam

ilies

an

d he

alth

sys

tem

s. T

hus

at t

he n

atio

nal l

evel

, pre

vent

ing

MTC

T ha

s th

e po

tent

ial t

o in

crea

se th

e un

ders

tand

ing

and

acce

ptan

ce o

f the

HIV

/AID

S ep

idem

ic a

nd th

ose

livin

g w

ith H

IV/A

IDS.

Cou

nsel

ling,

tes

ting

and

com

mun

ity s

ensi

tisat

ion

can

cont

ribu

te t

o re

duci

ng s

tigm

a.

1.6

BEN

EFIT

S O

F H

IV C

OU

NSE

LLIN

G A

ND T

ESTI

NG

(CT)

(a

) It p

rom

otes

beh

avio

ur c

hang

e by

: •

Red

ucin

g hi

gh r

isk

beha

viou

r fo

r H

IV

• Id

entif

ying

HIV

dis

cord

ant

coup

les

• In

crea

sing

the

use

of

dual

met

hods

of f

amily

pla

nnin

g an

d S

TI

prev

entio

n

• Im

prov

ing

ante

nata

l car

e

• G

uidi

ng in

fant

feed

ing

(b

) It e

nabl

es p

reve

ntiv

e th

erap

y fo

r:

• M

alar

ia

• O

ppor

tuni

stic

infe

ctio

ns (

e.g.

Pne

umoc

ystis

jiro

veci

i pn

eum

onia

)

• T

B

Red

uctio

n of

MTC

T of

HIV

:

• D

ecre

ases

num

bers

of

HIV

infe

cted

chi

ldre

n

• In

crea

ses

child

hea

lth a

nd s

urvi

val

• D

ecre

ases

the

load

on

the

heal

th s

yste

m

• G

ives

an

oppo

rtun

ity t

o im

prov

e an

d ex

pand

hea

lth s

ervi

ces

as

wel

l as

to s

tren

gthe

n th

e ex

istin

g he

alth

infr

astr

uctu

re

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

82

Foo

tnot

es

9

Use

oth

er o

ptions

for

child

ren o

ver

9 k

ilogra

ms

10

Use

reg

ula

r or

double

-str

ength

tab

lets

for

child

ren o

ver

16 k

ilogra

ms

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elin

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ention o

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oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

The

fram

ewor

k be

low

illu

stra

tes

poin

ts o

f int

egra

tion

of c

ompr

ehen

sive

HIV

ca

re p

acka

ge in

to e

xist

ing

child

hea

lth s

ervi

ces

Fro

m P

edia

tric

HIV

Pre

ven

tio

n to

Car

e: A

C

on

cep

tual

Fra

mew

ork

\im

mun

izat

ion/

GM

Fou

rtee

n w

eeks

New

bo

rn/I

nfa

nt

NO

T A

PP

LIC

AB

LE

Wo

ma

n

Pre

gn

an

cy

•F

ocus

ed A

NC

incl

udin

g:

STI/

syph

ilis

Mal

aria

trea

tmen

t & p

reve

ntio

n

incl

udin

g IP

T &

ITN

s

Lab

ou

ran

d D

eliv

ery

•D

eliv

ery

care

•E

OC

-Em

erge

ncy

obst

etri

c ca

re

•R

efer

ral s

yste

m

New

born

Ca

re

•B

CG

•P

olio

0

•Is

sue

child

hea

th c

ard

•Ent

er b

irth

wei

ght,

HIV

an

d A

RV

Exp

osur

e st

atus

on

chi

ld h

ealth

car

d

Post

Na

tal

Ca

re

•B

reas

t hea

lth

•Se

xual

hea

lth

•F

amil

y pl

anni

ng

Tw

o w

eeks

Infa

nt fe

edin

g co

unse

ling

Infa

nt fe

edin

g co

unse

ling

Dia

gnos

is (

antib

ody)

if

expo

sure

unk

now

n

DN

A P

CR

if e

xpos

ed

CT

Z p

roph

ylax

is, I

FC-

infa

nt f

eedi

ng c

ouns

elin

g

CT

for

unt

este

d m

othe

rs;

CT

for

par

tner

Six

wee

ks

Imm

uniz

atio

n/gr

owth

mon

itori

ng

Ten

wee

ks

Imm

uniz

atio

n/gr

owth

mon

itori

ng

Dia

gnos

is (

antib

ody

test

), C

T f

or n

egat

ive

wom

en a

nd p

artn

ers

IFC

, Wea

ning

, B/f

eedi

ng

cess

atio

n s

uppo

rtSi

x m

onth

s

Com

plem

enta

ry fe

eds

Vita

min

A S

uppl

emen

tatio

n

9 m

onth

s

imm

uniz

atio

n/G

M

Dia

gnos

is (

antib

ody

test

)

Uni

vers

al p

reca

utio

ns

CT

for

unt

este

d m

othe

rs in

clud

ing

part

ner

AR

V p

roph

ylax

is

(mot

her

and

infa

nt)

/AR

T C

TZ

pro

phyl

axis

Exc

lusi

ve b

reas

t fe

edin

g or

rep

lace

men

t fe

edin

g

12 &

18

mon

ths

HIV

edu

catio

n

prev

entio

n, C

T

AR

V p

roph

ylax

is, s

tagi

ng

CT

Z p

roph

ylax

is/A

RT

CD

4 w

here

ava

ilabl

e

Infa

nt f

eedi

ng c

ouns

elin

g (I

FC)

•Bre

ast e

xam

•Psp

, sm

ear,

DB

S re

sult,

IF

C

Fram

ewor

k for

integ

ratio

n

•Pap

sm

ear

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

26

(c

) It p

rom

otes

acc

ess

to e

arly

med

ical

car

e:

• O

bste

tric

al c

are

• T

B th

erap

y

• M

alar

ia t

reat

men

t

• S

TI t

reat

men

t

• A

RV

the

rapy

for

mot

her

and

fam

ily

(d) I

t hel

ps to

pla

n fo

r the

futu

re

• In

fant

fee

ding

sup

port

sys

tem

s

• F

amily

pla

nnin

g

• P

erso

nal a

nd f

inan

cial

dec

isio

ns

(e) I

t ena

bles

pre

vent

ive

ther

apy

of m

alar

ia a

nd

othe

r opp

ortu

nist

ic in

fect

ions

suc

h a

PCP

(f) It

giv

es ti

me

to p

lan

for t

he fu

ture

e.g

. inf

ant

feed

ing

supp

ort s

yste

ms

1.7

THE

FOU

R-P

RO

NG

ED A

PPR

OA

CH

TO

PM

TCT

The

Inte

r A

genc

y Ta

sk T

eam

on

Prev

entio

n of

HIV

Tra

nsm

issi

on in

pre

gnan

t w

omen

, m

othe

rs a

nd t

heir

chi

ldre

n (I

ATT

) ha

s pr

opos

ed a

fou

r-pr

onge

d ap

proa

ch f

or t

he p

re-

vent

ion

of H

IV t

rans

mis

sion

tha

t ta

rget

s no

n-pr

egna

nt a

nd p

regn

ant

wom

en, m

othe

rs

and

thei

r ch

ildre

n.

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elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Ove

rall,

the

cov

erag

e of

PM

TCT

prog

ram

mes

and

the

upt

ake

of s

ervi

ces

prov

ided

th

roug

h th

ese

prog

ram

mes

in

clud

ing

HIV

te

stin

g an

d co

unse

lling

an

d A

RV

pr

ophy

laxi

s ar

e st

ill v

ery

low

. In

2006

, wor

ldw

ide,

less

tha

n 10

% o

f pr

egna

nt w

omen

te

stin

g H

IV-p

ositi

ve r

ecei

ved

AR

V d

rugs

for

PMTC

T11 .

In K

enya

, acc

ordi

ng to

the

2007

Ken

ya A

IDS

Indi

cato

r Su

rvey

(KA

IS) 7

, the

re h

as b

een

a sm

all i

ncre

ase

in H

IV te

stin

g am

ong

wom

en a

nd m

en c

ompa

red

to th

e 20

03 K

DH

S

KA

IS s

how

s th

at t

houg

h a

vast

maj

ority

(83

%)

of H

IV-in

fect

ed w

omen

and

men

in

Ken

ya d

o no

t kn

ow t

heir

HIV

sta

tus,

the

re h

as b

een

a cl

ear

and

dram

atic

incr

ease

in

cove

rage

of H

IV-t

estin

g am

ong

AN

C c

linic

att

ende

es.

PMTC

T se

rvic

es a

re t

here

fore

im

port

ant

entr

y po

ints

for

HIV

pre

vent

ion

and

trea

t-m

ent.

Ove

rall

AR

V c

over

age

for

HIV

infe

cted

peo

ple

who

nee

d tr

eatm

ent

in K

enya

is

only

35%

The

four

pro

ngs

are:

1. P

rimar

y pr

even

tion

of H

IV in

fect

ion

in w

omen

2. P

reve

ntio

n of

uni

nten

ded

preg

nanc

y am

ong

HIV

-inf

ecte

d w

omen

3. I

nter

vent

ions

to

redu

ce t

rans

mis

sion

fro

m H

IV-i

nfec

ted

preg

nant

and

la

ctat

ing

wom

en t

o th

eir

child

ren

4. C

are

and

supp

ort

of w

omen

, ch

ildre

n an

d fa

mili

es in

fect

ed a

nd

affe

cted

by

HIV

and

AID

S (

The

PM

TC

T-p

lus)

• 90

% o

f Ken

yan

wom

en w

ho d

eliv

ered

in th

e la

st 4

yea

rs a

tten

d A

NC

• 57

% o

f th

ose

atte

ndin

g A

NC

tes

ted

for

HIV

• A

mon

g H

IV in

fect

ed w

omen

with

rec

ent

birt

hs,

47%

wer

e te

sted

in

AN

C

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

80

(8)

HIV

dis

ease

sta

ging

in H

IV-in

fect

ed c

hild

ren:

D

isea

se s

tagi

ng, w

ith o

r w

ithou

t la

bora

tory

sup

port

, fol

low

s H

IV d

iag-

nosi

s. S

tagi

ng H

IV d

isea

se p

rovi

des

a gu

ide

to th

e pr

ogno

sis

and

inte

r-ve

ntio

ns n

eede

d at

the

diffe

rent

sta

ges.

(Ref

er to

Cha

pter

5 a

nd 8

)

(9)

AR

V th

erap

y:

C

hild

ren

who

are

elig

ible

for

AR

T sh

ould

be

linke

d w

ith t

he A

RT

pro-

gram

and

pro

vide

d w

ith tr

eatm

ent a

ccor

ding

to N

atio

nal G

uide

lines

as

soon

as

an H

IV d

iagn

osis

is

mad

e. E

arly

tre

atm

ent

sign

ifica

ntly

re-

duce

s m

orta

lity

in H

IV in

fect

ed c

hild

ren.

(10)

C

omm

unic

atio

n:

Com

mun

icat

ing

with

car

e-pr

ovid

ers

and

prov

idin

g ps

ycho

soci

al s

up-

port

for

the

child

, mot

her/

care

give

r an

d fa

mily

are

a c

ruci

al c

ompo

nent

of

car

e.

Pa

rent

s/ca

regi

vers

and

/or

the

child

nee

d to

par

ticip

ate

in m

akin

g de

ci-

sion

s an

d pl

anni

ng a

ppro

pria

te c

are

for

the

child

, inc

ludi

ng d

ecis

ions

ab

out t

hera

py a

nd w

here

the

child

sho

uld

rece

ive

care

. In

this

res

pect

, he

alth

wor

kers

mus

t en

sure

tha

t th

e fa

mily

con

side

rs t

he s

ocia

l nee

ds

of H

IV in

fect

ed a

nd a

ffect

ed c

hild

ren.

H

ealth

car

e w

orke

rs s

houl

d en

sure

that

they

pro

vide

ade

quat

e tim

e fo

r ca

regi

vers

to a

sk q

uest

ions

so

that

they

can

fully

und

erst

and

the

impl

i-ca

tions

of H

IV a

nd H

IV t

estin

g, fo

r th

emse

lves

and

for

thei

r ch

ildre

n.

Hea

lth c

are

wor

kers

sho

uld

coun

sel c

areg

iver

s on

dis

clos

ure,

incl

udin

g di

sclo

sure

to th

e ch

ild.

(11)

R

efer

rals

:

Ref

erra

ls a

re a

n im

port

ant p

art o

f man

agin

g an

HIV

exp

osed

or

infe

cted

chi

ld.

Thes

e in

clud

e re

ferr

als

to:

• H

ighe

r le

vels

of s

peci

alis

ed c

are

for

furt

her

inve

stig

atio

ns a

nd

trea

tmen

t

• S

ocia

l sup

port

pro

gram

mes

• C

omm

unity

-bas

ed c

are

prog

ram

mes

• P

ITC

site

s fo

r pa

rent

s an

d si

blin

gs

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9

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Tabl

e 9.

2: W

HO

Rec

omm

enda

tions

for

Follo

w-u

p of

an

HIV

-Exp

osed

Chi

ld

From

M

onito

r

6 w

eeks

–12

mon

ths

Mon

thly

12 –

24 m

onth

s Ev

ery

3 m

onth

s

24 m

onth

s an

d on

war

ds

Yea

rly, i

f not

sym

ptom

atic

If

sym

ptom

atic

, fol

low

up

as n

eede

d

For t

he H

IV-in

fect

ed, f

ollo

w th

ese

guid

elin

es

• A

t birt

h (f

or in

fant

s de

liver

ed a

t ho

me)

• A

t age

1 t

o 2

wee

ks (

mai

nly

for

infa

nt f

eedi

ng c

ouns

elin

g)

• A

t ag

e 6,

10,

and

14

wee

ks (

for

imm

uniz

atio

n an

d in

fant

fee

ding

co

unse

ling)

• A

fter

age

14

wee

ks,

mon

thly

thr

ough

age

12

mon

ths

• A

fter

age

12 m

onth

s, e

very

3 m

onth

s th

roug

h 24

mon

ths

• A

t 18

mon

ths,

do

conf

irm

ator

y H

IV la

bora

tory

tes

t (if

the

re a

re n

o re

sour

ces

for

an e

arlie

r an

tigen

-bas

ed t

est)

• A

fter

2 ye

ars,

a m

inim

um o

f ye

arly

vis

its

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

28

1.8

OV

ERV

IEW

OF

THE

NEW

PM

TCT

GU

IDEL

INES

K

enya

’s M

inis

try

of H

ealth

(M

OH

), th

roug

h N

ASC

OP,

has

tak

en s

ever

al a

ctio

ns t

o ex

pand

and

str

engt

hen

PMTC

T in

terv

entio

ns i

n th

e co

untr

y. I

n 20

00,

a N

atio

nal

Tech

nica

l W

orki

ng G

roup

(TW

G)

on P

MTC

T w

as f

orm

ed.

The

TWG

, co

-cha

ired

by

NA

SCO

P an

d th

e D

ivis

ion

of R

epro

duct

ive

Hea

lth,

coor

dina

tes

impl

emen

tatio

n an

d pr

ovid

es t

echn

ical

sup

port

to

the

Nat

iona

l PM

TCT

Prog

ram

. Th

e TW

G s

erve

s as

a

foru

m t

o up

date

sta

keho

lder

s an

d di

scus

s ch

alle

nges

and

upc

omin

g ac

tiviti

es.

The

TWG

is

also

res

pons

ible

for

upd

atin

g na

tiona

l gu

idel

ines

for

PM

TCT.

The

nat

iona

l PM

TCT

prog

ram

was

offi

cial

ly l

aunc

hed

in 2

002.

NA

SCO

P al

so e

stab

lishe

d se

vera

l pi

lot P

MTC

T si

tes

thro

ugho

ut th

e co

untr

y an

d pr

epar

ed n

atio

nal P

MTC

T gu

idel

ines

.

The

goal

of t

he n

atio

nal P

MTC

T pr

ogra

m is

in li

ne w

ith th

e go

al, s

et o

ut a

t the

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Gen

eral

Ass

embl

y Sp

ecia

l Ses

sion

on

HIV

/AID

S (U

NG

ASS

) in

2001

, to

redu

ce

the

prop

ortio

n of

infa

nts

infe

cted

with

HIV

by

20%

by

the

year

200

5 an

d 50

% b

y 20

10.

In K

enya

, the

nat

iona

l PM

TCT

prog

ram

pla

nned

to

exte

nd it

s se

rvic

es t

o at

leas

t 80

%

of a

ll he

alth

fac

ilitie

s by

200

712.

Acc

ordi

ng t

o th

e 20

03 P

MTC

T se

rvic

e st

atis

tics,

ap

prox

imat

ely

9% o

f al

l pr

egna

nt w

omen

rec

eive

d PM

TCT

serv

ices

in

that

yea

r.

Cur

rent

ly m

ore

than

50%

of

all

preg

nant

wom

en i

n K

enya

rec

eive

PM

TCT

serv

ices

. Th

ese

guid

elin

es a

re b

ased

on

a pu

blic

hea

lth a

ppro

ach

to c

are,

tak

ing

into

con

side

ra-

tion

issu

es o

f fe

asib

ility

and

acc

epta

bilit

y, i

n ad

ditio

n to

effi

cacy

and

cos

t-be

nefit

in

di

ffere

nt s

ettin

gs.

The

guid

elin

es a

re e

xpec

ted

to i

mpr

ove

the

upta

ke,

qual

ity a

nd

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

PM

TCT

serv

ices

in th

e co

untr

y.

1.9

OB

JEC

TIV

ES A

ND O

RG

AN

ISA

TIO

N O

F TH

E G

UID

ELIN

ES

The

PMTC

T gu

idel

ines

are

par

t of

the

impl

emen

tatio

n in

stru

men

ts t

owar

ds u

nive

rsal

ac

cess

to

PMTC

T se

rvic

es, a

nd a

res

pons

e to

the

cal

l to

actio

n to

war

ds H

IV-fr

ee a

nd

AID

S-fr

ee g

ener

atio

n. T

oget

her

with

two

othe

r gu

idel

ines

(AR

V Th

erap

y in

Adu

lts a

nd

Adol

esce

nts

and

ARV

Ther

apy

in I

nfan

ts a

nd Y

oung

Chi

ldre

n),

they

for

m a

tri

logy

ai

med

at

cont

extu

alis

ing

and

mai

nstr

eam

ing

the

WH

O t

rilo

gy o

f gu

idel

ines

on

H

IV/A

IDS

prev

entio

n an

d tr

eatm

ent.

The

cont

ext,

reso

urce

s an

d de

man

ds o

f PM

TCT

prog

ram

mes

diff

er g

reat

ly a

cros

s co

un-

trie

s an

d ev

en a

cros

s pr

ogra

mm

es w

ithin

the

sam

e co

untr

y. C

onsi

deri

ng t

his

vari

abil-

ity, t

hese

gui

delin

es in

clud

e th

e cu

rren

t con

sens

us o

n be

st p

ract

ices

as

wel

l as

alte

rna-

tives

whi

ch m

ight

be

mor

e ap

prop

riat

e in

par

ticul

ar s

ettin

gs. E

xper

ts a

gree

tha

t th

e “s

tate

of

the

art”

in

PMTC

T is

cha

ngin

g ra

pidl

y an

d th

at r

ecom

men

datio

ns w

ill c

er-

tain

ly a

lter

with

adv

ance

s in

med

ical

sci

ence

and

as

mor

e pr

ogra

mm

e ex

peri

ence

is

docu

men

ted

and

diss

emin

ated

. The

are

as o

f A

RV

pro

phyl

axis

and

inf

ant

feed

ing

are

part

icul

arly

sub

ject

to r

apid

cha

nge.

In 2

005,

the

WH

O is

sued

pro

pose

d re

visi

ons

to it

s re

com

men

datio

ns o

n th

e us

e of

ant

i-re

trov

iral

dru

gs f

or P

MTC

T. T

he r

ecom

men

datio

ns w

ere

the

prod

uct

of e

xper

ts w

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9

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

conv

ened

to

disc

uss

impo

rtan

t ne

w i

nfor

mat

ion

conc

erni

ng t

he d

evel

opm

ent

of r

esis

-ta

nce

in w

omen

and

chi

ldre

n us

ing

sing

le d

ose

nevi

rapi

ne (S

dNV

P) fo

r PM

TCT

as w

ell

as n

ew c

linic

al fi

ndin

gs o

n st

rate

gies

that

mig

ht r

educ

e th

e de

velo

pmen

t of r

esis

tanc

e.

Bas

ed o

n th

e ne

w W

HO

gui

delin

es, K

enya

’s TW

G h

as d

evel

oped

sim

ple,

pra

ctic

al a

nd

evid

ence

-bas

ed r

ecom

men

datio

ns o

n PM

TCT

that

wou

ld w

ork

in a

var

iety

of r

esou

rce-

limite

d en

viro

nmen

ts a

nd c

linic

al s

ituat

ions

that

con

fron

t hea

lthca

re w

orke

rs, n

ot o

nly

in K

enya

but

als

o in

oth

er d

evel

opin

g co

untr

ies.

1.10

U

SIN

G T

HE

GU

IDEL

INES

Th

ese

guid

elin

es a

re in

tend

ed p

rimar

ily fo

r use

by

PMTC

T pr

ovid

ers.

Thes

e in

clude

nur

ses,

mid

wiv

es, c

linica

l offi

cers

, doc

tors

, cou

nsel

lors

, nut

ritio

nist

s an

d ot

her

heal

thca

re p

rofe

s-si

onal

s. T

hey

will

als

o be

use

ful a

s a re

fere

nce

for p

rogr

amm

e m

anag

ers a

t fac

ility

, dis

trict

, pr

ovin

cial

and

nat

iona

l lev

els

thro

ugho

ut th

e he

alth

sec

tor.

The

guid

elin

es a

re d

ivid

ed in

to

ten

chap

ters

as o

utlin

ed in

Tab

le 1

.5.

The

spec

ific

obje

ctiv

es o

f the

new

PM

TCT

guid

elin

es a

re to

:

• O

utlin

e th

e po

licy

issu

es in

pro

vidi

ng P

MT

CT

ser

vice

s

• R

ecom

men

d op

erat

iona

l gui

delin

es t

o be

fol

low

ed b

y he

alth

car

e pr

ovid

ers

of P

MT

CT

ser

vice

s

• E

nabl

e pr

ovid

ers

of P

MT

CT

to s

elec

t an

d pr

escr

ibe

AR

Vs

for

prop

hyla

xis

agai

nst

MT

CT

and

for

tre

atm

ent

of p

regn

ant

wom

en,

infa

nts

and

youn

g ch

ildre

n

• S

tand

ardi

se t

he c

are

and

coun

selli

ng g

iven

by

PM

TC

T s

ervi

ce

prov

ider

s re

gard

ing

risk

of

MT

CT

and

on

PM

TC

T

• Im

prov

e P

MT

CT

ser

vice

s us

ing

easy

-to-

use

job

aids

and

a

stan

dard

ised

M&

E s

yste

m

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

78

(6)

Tre

atm

ent o

f acu

te in

fect

ions

and

oth

er H

IV-r

elat

ed c

ondi

tions

:

H

IV-e

xpos

ed c

hild

ren

are

susc

eptib

le to

com

mon

infe

ctio

ns a

s w

ell a

s O

Is fo

r th

e H

IV in

fect

ed, a

nd H

IV m

ay a

lter

the

inci

denc

e, p

rese

n-ta

tion

and

resp

onse

to

conv

entio

nal

ther

apy.

In

som

e ca

ses,

mor

e ag

gres

sive

and

long

er t

reat

men

t co

urse

s m

ay b

e ne

cess

ary,

as

trea

t-m

ent f

ailu

res

are

mor

e fr

eque

nt.

(7)

Reg

ular

follo

w-u

p ca

re &

ref

erra

ls:

R

egul

ar fo

llow

-up

is th

e ba

ckbo

ne to

car

ing

for

the

HIV

exp

osed

chi

l-dr

en a

nd e

nsur

es o

ptim

al h

ealth

care

and

psy

chos

ocia

l sup

port

to th

e fa

mily

. WH

O h

as m

ade

reco

mm

enda

tions

on

freq

uenc

y of

follo

w-u

p,

as s

how

n in

Tab

le 9

.2. T

his

is t

he m

inim

um a

nd m

ore

freq

uent

con

-ta

ct w

ith t

he h

ealth

car

e sy

stem

may

be

indi

cate

d fo

r H

IV in

fect

ed

child

ren

and

espe

cial

ly if

they

are

on

anti-

retr

ovir

al tr

eatm

ent.

Prev

entin

g TB

: Fo

r chi

ldre

n ex

pose

d to

sm

ear p

ositi

ve tu

berc

ulos

is:

• E

xclu

de a

ctiv

e T

B th

roug

h ca

refu

l his

tory

, ph

ysic

al e

xam

and

in

vest

igat

ions

If t

here

is n

o ev

iden

ce o

f ac

tive

TB

, st

art

on I

NH

for

pro

phyl

axis

for

6

mon

ths

(IP

T)

• If

TB

is p

rese

nt,

star

t on

TB

tre

atm

ent

as p

er N

atio

nal T

B g

uide

lines

If

a ch

ild is

bor

n to

a m

othe

r with

act

ive

TB:

• S

tart

on

INH

pro

phyl

axis

(IP

T)

and

give

for

3 m

onth

s •

Afte

r 3

mon

ths

do a

man

toux

If m

anto

ux is

neg

ativ

e, s

top

INH

and

giv

e B

CG

If m

anto

ux is

pos

itive

at

3 m

onth

s, c

ontin

ue f

or a

fur

ther

3 m

onth

s •

At t

he e

nd o

f pr

ophy

laxi

s re

-val

uate

for

act

ive

TB

If no

evi

denc

e of

act

ive

TB, d

o no

t tre

at fo

r TB

If th

ere

is e

vide

nce

of a

ctiv

e TB

, tre

at fo

r TB

as p

er N

atio

nal

TB g

uide

lines

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Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Pro

phyl

axis

aga

inst

Pne

umoc

ysti

s ji

rove

cii

Pne

umon

ia (

PC

P)

in c

hild

ren

whe

re C

otri

mox

azol

e is

con

trai

ndic

ated

Alte

rnat

ive

drug

s to

use

if C

TX is

con

train

dica

ted

are

give

n be

low

:

A s

econ

d ch

oice

wou

ld b

e ei

ther

dap

sone

or

atov

aqui

ne

Dap

sone

• C

hild

ren

> 1

mon

th:

2 m

g/kg

/24

hour

s or

ally

onc

e da

ily.

• If

both

CT

X a

nd D

apso

ne a

re c

ontr

aind

icat

ed (

e.g.

, in

chi

l-dr

en w

ith G

6PD

def

icie

ncy

who

get

hae

mol

ysis

with

CT

X a

nd

Dap

sone

), t

hen

use

eith

er:

Ato

vaqu

one

30m

g/kg

/day

for

age

1-3

mon

ths

• H

ighe

r do

se 4

5mg/

kg/d

ay f

or a

ge 4

-24

mon

ths

OR

Aer

osol

ized

Pen

tam

idin

e

• 30

0 m

g in

6 m

l wat

er v

ia in

hala

tion

nebu

lizer

onc

e m

onth

ly

• ch

ildre

n >

5 ye

ars

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

30

Tabl

e 1.

5: T

he F

our-

Pron

ged

App

roac

h

App

lied

to th

e PM

TCT

Gui

delin

e

Cha

pter

Pr

ong

1 Pr

imar

y

prev

entio

n of

HIV

in

fect

ion

in w

omen

Pron

g 2

Prev

entio

n of

un

inte

nded

pr

egna

ncy

amon

g H

IV in

fect

ed w

omen

Pron

g 3

Inte

rven

tions

to

redu

ce

tran

smis

sion

from

H

IV in

fect

ed

preg

nant

and

la

ctat

ing

wom

en to

th

eir c

hild

ren

Pron

g 4

Car

e an

d su

ppor

t of

wom

en, c

hild

ren

and

fam

ilies

in

fect

ed a

nd

affe

cted

by

HIV

/A

IDS

CH

AP

TER

1:

Bac

kgro

und

CH

AP

TER

2:

Ant

enat

al C

are

and

Pre

vent

ion

of M

TCT

of H

IV

CH

AP

TER

3:

Intra

partu

m C

are

◙ ◙

CH

AP

TER

4:

Use

of A

ntire

trovi

ral

Dru

gs in

Pre

gnan

cy

for T

reat

men

t and

P

reve

ntio

n of

Mot

her

to C

hild

Tr

ansm

issi

on o

f HIV

In

fect

ion

◙ ◙

CH

AP

TER

5:

Imm

edia

te P

ostn

atal

an

d N

eona

tal C

are

◙ ◙

CH

AP

TER

6:

Late

Pos

tnat

al C

are

and

Fam

ily P

lann

ing

◙ ◙

CH

AP

TER

7:

HIV

Dia

gnos

is in

C

hild

ren

CH

AP

TER

8:

Feed

ing

Infa

nts

and

Youn

g C

hild

ren

born

to

HIV

infe

cted

m

othe

rs

◙ ◙

CH

AP

TER

9:

Car

e an

d Fo

llow

-up

of C

hild

ren

of H

IV

infe

cted

mot

hers

CH

AP

TER

10:

M

onito

ring

and

Eva

luat

ion

of P

MTC

T

serv

ices

◙ ◙

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3

1

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

For

each

of t

hese

cha

pter

s (e

xcep

t ch

apte

r on

e on

bac

kgro

und)

, the

gui

delin

es g

ive

an

intr

oduc

tion

follo

wed

by

polic

y st

atem

ents

, the

n op

erat

iona

l gui

delin

es o

f wha

t pro

vid-

ers

shou

ld d

o to

red

uce

mot

her-

to-c

hild

tra

nsm

issi

on o

f H

IV a

nd/o

r to

im

prov

e th

eir

perf

orm

ance

and

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

thei

r ser

vice

s.

A li

st o

f job

aid

s fo

r us

e by

the

hea

lthca

re p

rovi

der

follo

ws

the

oper

atio

nal g

uide

lines

an

d, w

here

nec

essa

ry, a

list

of

appe

ndic

es a

nd a

dditi

onal

doc

umen

ts t

hat

may

be

re-

ferr

ed t

o bu

t ar

e co

nsid

ered

too

big

or

deta

iled

to b

e in

clud

ed w

ithin

the

mai

n bo

dy o

f th

e gu

idel

ines

.

Foo

tnot

es

1.

UN

AID

S (

2004).

Rep

ort

on t

he

Glo

bal AID

S E

pid

emic

. Ava

ilable

at

ww

w.u

nai

ds.

org

2.

Ibid

. 2004.

3.

It is

import

ant

to r

ecognis

e th

at t

he

use

of

the

phra

se M

TC

T in n

o w

ay is

inte

nded

to

pla

ce b

lam

e on t

he

moth

er,

who m

ay o

r m

ay n

ot

know

her

HIV

sta

tus,

who t

ransm

its

the

viru

s to

her

child

. Pat

hfinder

ack

now

ledges

that

man

y tim

es p

regnant

wom

en

may

hav

e bee

n infe

cted

by

thei

r m

ale

par

tner

, and d

o n

ot

hav

e th

e ab

ility

to n

egoti-

ate

safe

r se

x, o

r to

see

k M

TC

T s

ervi

ces

for

fear

of

viole

nce

, st

igm

a, o

r ab

andonm

ent

if t

hei

r st

atu

s is

rev

eale

d.

Path

finder

uphold

s th

e re

pro

duct

ive

rights

of

all w

om

en t

o

choose

if

and w

hen

to h

ave

child

ren,

regar

dle

ss o

f H

IV-s

tatu

s.

4.

WH

O,

CD

C,

Dep

artm

ent

of

Hea

lth a

nd H

um

an S

ervi

ces.

(2004).

Pre

vention o

f M

oth

er-t

o-C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on o

f H

IV:

Gen

eric

Tra

inin

g P

acka

ge.

Gen

eva,

Sw

itze

r-la

nd:

WH

O.

5.

UN

AID

S (

2004).

Rep

ort

on t

he

Glo

bal AID

S E

pid

emic

. Ava

ilable

at

ww

w.u

nai

ds.

org

6.

Polic

y Pro

ject

(2004).

Cove

rage

of

sele

cted

ser

vice

s fo

r H

IV/A

IDS p

reve

ntion a

nd

care

in low

and m

iddle

-inco

me

countr

ies

in 2

003.

Ava

ilable

at

ww

w.p

olia

/pro

ject

.com

. 7.

Cen

tral Bure

au o

f Sta

tist

ics

(CBS)

[Ken

ya],

Min

istr

y of

Hea

lth (

MO

H)

[Ken

ya],

and

ORC M

acro

(2004).

Ken

ya D

emogra

phic

and H

ealth S

urv

ey 2

003.

Cal

vert

on,

Mar

y-la

nd:

CBS,M

OH

, an

d O

RC M

acr

o.

8.

Nat

ional AID

S C

ontr

ol Counci

l, 2

007.

8a

Ken

ya A

IDS I

ndic

ato

r Surv

ey 2

007

9

Ibid

, 2004.

10

NASCO

P (

2002).

Surv

eilla

nce

data

, as

cite

d in N

ASCO

P/M

OH

. (2

003).

Nat

ional

PM

CT

Str

ate

gic

Managem

ent

Pla

n 2

003-2

007.

11,1

2 A

IDS in K

enya

: Tre

nds,

Inte

rven

tions

and I

mpact

, 7th

editio

n.

(2005).

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

76

C

linic

ians

sho

uld

clea

rly

info

rm H

IV i

nfec

ted

mot

hers

at

deliv

ery

that

the

ir c

hild

ren

need

pro

phyl

axis

aga

inst

PC

P st

artin

g at

6 w

eeks

of a

ge u

ntil

it is

est

ablis

hed

that

the

child

is

not

HIV

inf

ecte

d. A

pra

ctic

al w

ay t

o en

sure

tha

t m

othe

rs a

nd o

ther

hea

lth

wor

kers

are

inf

orm

ed i

s to

mak

e a

note

on

the

child

’s im

mun

izat

ion

card

at

birt

h st

atin

g “P

leas

e gi

ve c

o-tr

imox

azol

e (5

mg/

kg/d

ay o

rally

dai

ly) f

rom

6 w

eeks

of a

ge.”

Tabl

e 9.

1: D

ose

of C

otrim

oxaz

ole

for P

CP

Prop

hyla

xis

In

rar

e ca

ses,

as

in c

hild

ren

with

G6P

D d

efic

ienc

y, C

TX m

ay b

e co

ntra

indi

cate

d.

• A

ll in

fant

s bo

rn t

o H

IV-i

nfec

ted

mot

hers

, irr

espe

ctiv

e of

any

ant

iret

rovi

ral

ther

apy

duri

ng p

regn

ancy

and

labo

ur.

Pro

phyl

axis

con

tinue

s un

til t

he

infa

nt is

12

mon

ths

or is

PC

R n

egat

ive

or a

ntib

ody

nega

tive,

whi

chev

er

com

es e

arlie

r

• A

ll in

fant

s id

entif

ied

as H

IV-i

nfec

ted

duri

ng th

e fir

st y

ear

of li

fe b

y a

PC

R

test

or

by a

clin

ical

dia

gnos

is o

f H

IV in

fect

ion

and

a po

sitiv

e

antib

ody

test

.

• C

hild

ren

olde

r th

an 1

2 m

onth

s, w

ith s

ympt

omat

ic H

IV d

isea

se o

r an

A

IDS

-def

inin

g ill

ness

(W

HO

sta

ge I

I an

d III

; se

e ch

apte

r 5)

or

with

CD

4 <

15%

or

TLC

150

0/m

m3

• A

ny c

hild

with

a h

isto

ry o

f P

CP

sho

uld

cont

inue

with

sec

onda

ry

prop

hyla

xis

(dai

ly C

T)

for

life

Who

Nee

ds P

CP

Prop

hyla

xis?

Wei

ght o

f C

hild

(kg)

C

T ta

blet

s

20 m

g TM

P/1

00

mg

SM

X p

edia

tric

stre

ngth

(120

mg)

Cot

rimox

azol

e

susp

ensi

on 4

0 m

g TM

P/2

00m

g S

MX

/ 5m

l (24

0 m

g)

CT

tabl

ets

80 m

g TM

P/4

00 m

g S

MX

re

gula

r stre

ngth

(4

80 m

g)

CT

Tabl

ets

160

mg

TMP

/800

mg

SM

X

Dou

ble

stre

ngth

(9

60 m

g)

1–4

1 ta

b 2.

5 m

l ¼

tab

-

5–8

2 ta

bs

5

ml

½ ta

b ¼

tab

9–16

10

ml

1 ta

b ½

tab

17–5

0

2

tabs

1

tab

> 50

2

tabs

1

tab

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5

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

(3)

Mon

itor

the

child

’s g

row

th a

nd d

evel

opm

ent

as a

mea

ns o

f id

entif

ying

the

ch

ild w

ho is

faili

ng to

thriv

e an

d al

so a

s a

tool

for m

onito

ring

the

effe

ct o

f int

er-

vent

ions

(4)

Ens

ure

that

im

mun

isat

ions

are

sta

rted

and

com

plet

ed

acco

rdin

g to

the

re

com

men

datio

ns o

f the

nat

iona

l im

mun

isat

ion

sche

dule

A

dditi

onal

con

side

ratio

ns a

re a

s fo

llow

s:

• W

hen

cons

ider

ing

BCG

vac

cina

tion

at a

late

r age

(r

e-va

ccin

atio

n fo

r no

scar

or m

isse

d ea

rlier

vac

cina

tion)

, ex

clud

e sy

mpt

omat

ic H

IV in

fect

ion

• D

o no

t giv

e ye

llow

feve

r vac

cine

to s

ympt

omat

ic H

IV-in

fect

ed c

hil-

dren

. How

ever

, asy

mpt

omat

ic c

hild

ren

in e

ndem

ic a

reas

sho

uld

re-

ceiv

e th

e ye

llow

feve

r vac

cine

at 9

mon

ths

of a

ge

• M

easl

es v

acci

ne s

houl

d be

giv

en to

HIV

infe

cted

chi

ldre

n at

6 a

nd 9

m

onth

s si

nce

HIV

infe

cted

chi

ldre

n ex

perie

nce

muc

h m

ore

seve

re

dise

ase

with

wild

mea

sles

viru

s, w

hich

out

wei

ghs

the

risk

of a

mild

er

illnes

s fro

m th

e va

ccin

e

(5)

Pro

vide

pro

phyl

axis

for o

ppor

tuni

stic

infe

ctio

ns:

P

roph

ylax

is a

gain

st P

neum

ocys

tis ji

rove

cii P

neum

onia

• P

neum

ocys

tis ji

rove

cii (

form

erly

Pne

umoc

ystis

car

inii)

pne

umon

ia (P

CP

), is

a s

igni

fican

t cau

se o

f mor

bidi

ty a

nd m

orta

lity

amon

g yo

ung

infa

nts

in

Afri

ca. C

o-tri

mox

azol

e (C

TX) p

roph

ylax

is s

igni

fican

tly re

duce

s th

e in

ci-

denc

e an

d se

verit

y of

PC

P. A

dditi

onal

ben

efits

of c

o-tri

mox

azol

e in

clud

e pr

otec

tion

agai

nst c

omm

on b

acte

rial i

nfec

tions

, tox

opla

smos

is, a

nd m

a-la

ria. A

ll ch

ildre

n bo

rn to

HIV

infe

cted

mot

hers

sho

uld

rece

ive

prop

hy-

laxi

s ag

ains

t PC

P, a

t lea

st d

urin

g th

e fir

st y

ear o

f life

, or u

ntil

they

are

pr

oven

to b

e un

infe

cted

(see

box

bel

ow)

• C

TX is

cle

arly

the

drug

of c

hoic

e fo

r pro

phyl

axis

bec

ause

of i

ts h

igh

ef

ficac

y, re

lativ

e sa

fety

, low

cos

t and

bro

ad a

ntim

icro

bial

spe

ctru

m.

In c

ase

of C

TX h

yper

sens

itivi

ty d

esen

sitiz

atio

n is

reco

mm

ende

d

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

32

CH

AP

TE

R 2

Ant

enat

al C

are

and

Prev

entio

n of

MTC

T of

HIV

2.

1

INTR

OD

UC

TIO

N

HIV

inf

ectio

n ha

s em

erge

d in

Ken

ya a

s th

e m

ost

impo

rtan

t he

alth

ris

k fa

ctor

for

m

othe

rs a

nd t

heir

chi

ldre

n an

d ha

s a

grea

t im

pact

on

the

long

ter

m o

utco

me

of

preg

nanc

y an

d ch

ild s

urvi

val.

All

preg

nant

wom

en s

houl

d be

enc

oura

ged

to le

arn

thei

r H

IV in

fect

ion

stat

us, a

s w

ell a

s th

at o

f the

ir s

exua

l par

tner

s.

Onl

y by

kno

win

g on

e’s

HIV

sta

tus

can

the

heal

th w

orke

rs m

ake

appr

opri

ate

heal

th c

are

man

agem

ent

reco

mm

enda

tions

and

the

cou

ple

mak

e ap

prop

riat

e de

cisi

ons

abou

t m

aint

aini

ng t

heir

he

alth

and

tha

t of

the

ir u

nbor

n ba

by.

Pre-

conc

eptio

n ca

re i

s en

cour

aged

whe

re a

n op

port

unity

ari

ses

and

a bi

rth

plan

is d

iscu

ssed

with

the

preg

nant

wom

an.

In m

ost

case

s, t

he p

regn

ant

wom

an w

ill n

ot h

ave

HIV

infe

ctio

n. P

regn

ancy

offe

rs a

n op

port

une

time

to d

iscu

ss p

reve

ntio

n of

HIV

inf

ectio

n as

man

y w

omen

com

e in

to

cont

act

with

hea

lth s

ervi

ces

for

the

first

(an

d in

som

e ca

ses

the

only

) tim

e du

ring

pr

egna

ncy.

In

Ken

ya,

50%

of

mar

ried

HIV

pos

itive

per

sons

hav

e an

HIV

neg

ativ

e sp

ouse

.1 Th

eref

ore,

kno

win

g th

e H

IV i

nfec

tion

stat

us o

f on

e’s p

artn

er i

s cr

itica

l. A

dditi

onal

ly,

this

for

ms

an i

mpo

rtan

t en

try

poin

t fo

r es

tabl

ishi

ng p

reve

ntio

n w

ith

posi

tive

(PW

P) p

rogr

ams

amon

g co

uple

s as

wel

l as

prov

idin

g ac

cess

to H

IV p

reve

ntio

n,

care

and

trea

tmen

t ser

vice

s fo

r th

e w

hole

fam

ily.

PMTC

T pr

ovid

es a

n op

port

unity

for

prev

entin

g ne

w p

aedi

atri

c H

IV in

fect

ions

as

wel

l as

for

reac

hing

the

10 to

20%

of H

IV p

ositi

ve p

regn

ant w

omen

who

mee

t WH

O e

ligib

il-ity

cri

teri

a fo

r in

itiat

ing

AR

T fo

r th

eir

own

heal

th. N

ew in

fect

ions

and

hig

h vi

ral l

oads

du

ring

pre

gnan

cy p

ose

the

grea

test

ris

k of

MTC

T to

the

unb

orn

baby

, thu

s pr

imar

y pr

even

tion,

AR

V p

roph

ylax

is a

s w

ell a

s tr

eatm

ent a

t thi

s tim

e is

cri

tical

. Giv

en th

at 2

5 pe

rcen

t of w

omen

in K

enya

hav

e an

unw

ante

d pr

egna

ncy;

str

engt

heni

ng th

e lin

k to

FP

serv

ices

and

con

dom

acc

ess

for

dual

pro

tect

ion

offe

rs a

cha

nce

to f

urth

er p

reve

nt

MTC

T2.

2.2

OPE

RA

TIO

NA

L G

UID

ELIN

ES

Ant

enat

al c

are

and

prev

entio

n of

MTC

T du

ring

thi

s pe

riod

can

be

sum

mar

ised

usi

ng

an e

ssen

tial

pack

age

of i

nteg

rate

d an

tena

tal

care

ser

vice

s as

sho

wn

in T

able

2.1

. Th

is

outli

nes

the

pack

age

of

care

to

be

pr

ovid

ed

to

ever

y w

oman

at

tend

ing

A

NC

ser

vice

s.

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3

3

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Tabl

e 2.

1 Es

sent

ial P

acka

ge o

f Int

egra

ted

Ant

enat

al C

are

Serv

ices

Sourc

e: K

enya

Nat

ional PM

TC

T T

rain

ing C

urr

iculu

m,

2005

Gro

up e

duca

tion:

Incl

ude

info

rmat

ion

on fo

ur A

NC

vis

its, b

reas

tfeed

ing,

mat

erna

l and

infa

nt n

utrit

ion,

per

sona

l hyg

iene

, birt

h pr

epar

edne

ss, d

ange

r sig

ns, p

reve

ntio

n of

com

plic

atio

ns, s

kille

d bi

rth a

ttend

ance

, fam

ily p

lann

ing,

imm

uniz

atio

n sc

hedu

le,

post

-nat

al c

are

and

HIV

and

AID

S m

anag

emen

t.

Clie

nt h

isto

ry: O

btai

n ro

utin

e da

ta in

clud

ing

med

ical

, obs

tetri

c, a

nd p

sych

osoc

ial h

isto

ry. D

eter

min

e dr

ug h

isto

ry, k

now

n al

lerg

ies,

and

use

of a

ltern

ativ

e m

edic

ines

suc

h as

her

bal p

rodu

cts.

Phy

sica

l exa

min

atio

n: In

clud

e vi

tal s

igns

, ins

pect

ion,

aus

culta

tion

and

palp

atio

n.

Abd

omin

al a

nd g

enita

l exa

min

atio

n: In

clud

e in

spec

tion,

pal

patio

n, fo

etal

aus

culta

tion,

spe

culu

m a

nd b

iman

ual e

xam

inat

ions

, w

here

indi

cate

d.

AN

C P

rofil

e: R

outin

e te

sts

for s

yphi

lis, H

b, b

lood

gro

up a

nd R

hesu

s fa

ctor

, urin

alys

is a

nd p

rovi

de ra

pid

HIV

test

ing

to th

e pr

egna

nt w

oman

and

her

par

tner

if a

ccom

pany

ing

her.

If in

dica

ted

chec

k sp

utum

for A

AFB

and

CD

4 co

unt.

Cou

nsel

ing

on b

irth

prep

ared

ness

: Sup

port

the

preg

nant

wom

an a

nd h

er p

artn

er to

dev

elop

an

indi

vidu

al b

irth

plan

that

in

clud

es p

lace

of d

eliv

ery

with

ski

lled

birth

atte

ndan

ce, e

mer

genc

y tra

nspo

rt, b

irth

com

pani

onsh

ip a

nd re

adin

ess

for i

nfan

t ca

re.

Cou

nsel

ing

on p

regn

ancy

dan

ger s

igns

: Pro

vide

wom

en w

ith in

form

atio

n an

d in

stru

ctio

ns o

n se

ekin

g ea

rly c

are

for p

reg-

nanc

y co

mpl

icat

ions

suc

h as

ble

edin

g, fe

ver,

seve

re h

eada

che,

sw

olle

n fe

et, f

its o

r con

vuls

ions

.

Cou

nsel

ing

on in

fant

feed

ing:

All

wom

en re

quire

infa

nt-fe

edin

g co

unse

ling

and

supp

ort.

Exc

lusi

ve b

reas

tfeed

ing

for s

ix

mon

ths

shou

ld b

e pr

omot

ed a

s th

e no

rm fo

r all

wom

en re

gard

less

of H

IV s

tatu

s. W

omen

infe

cted

with

HIV

nee

d to

be

guid

ed in

the

sele

ctio

n of

saf

er in

fant

-feed

ing

optio

ns (r

efer

to W

HO

gui

delin

es a

nd M

OH

circ

ular

on

infa

nt a

nd y

oung

chi

ld

feed

ing)

.

Nut

ritio

nal a

sses

smen

t, co

unse

ling

and

educ

atio

n: In

clud

e iro

n, m

ultiv

itam

in a

nd fo

late

sup

plem

enta

tion,

mon

itor f

or a

nae-

mia

, ade

quat

e ca

loric

and

nut

rient

inta

ke, a

nd re

com

men

d re

alis

tic d

iet a

djus

tmen

ts b

ased

on

loca

l res

ourc

es a

nd n

eeds

of

HIV

+ pr

egna

nt w

omen

(at l

east

10%

mor

e of

the

RD

A).

Cou

nsel

ing

on H

IV a

nd A

IDS

: Pro

vide

wom

en w

ith in

form

atio

n an

d in

stru

ctio

ns o

n se

ekin

g he

alth

car

e fo

r sy

mpt

oms

of H

IV d

isea

se p

rogr

essi

on, s

uch

as fr

eque

nt a

nd re

curre

nt il

lnes

ses,

chr

onic

per

sist

ent d

iarr

hoea

, can

didi

asis

, fe

ver,

was

ting

or s

igns

of a

ny o

ppor

tuni

stic

infe

ctio

n. L

ink

wom

en to

AID

S tr

eatm

ent a

nd o

ther

sup

port

prog

ram

mes

whe

re

avai

labl

e.

Cou

nsel

ing

the

HIV

neg

ativ

e w

oman

and

her

par

tner

: Pro

vide

info

rmat

ion

on re

peat

test

ing,

risk

redu

ctio

n an

d pa

rtner

test

ing.

RTI

scr

eeni

ng: A

ll w

omen

with

hig

h ris

k se

xual

his

tory

or p

rese

ntin

g w

ith s

igns

of R

TI s

uch

as a

bnor

mal

gen

ital d

isch

arge

, ge

nita

l ulc

ers

and

pelv

ic in

flam

mat

ory

dise

ase

shou

ld b

e sc

reen

ed a

nd m

anag

ed a

ccor

ding

to K

enya

pro

toco

ls.

Tube

rcul

osis

(TB

): A

ll w

omen

pre

sent

ing

for A

NC

ser

vice

s w

ith a

cou

gh o

f mor

e th

an 2

wee

ks’ d

urat

ion

shou

ld b

e sc

reen

ed

for T

B re

gard

less

of H

IV s

tatu

s. F

ollo

w K

enya

pro

toco

ls fo

r scr

eeni

ng, p

roph

ylax

is a

nd tr

eatm

ent.

Teta

nus

toxo

id im

mun

isat

ions

: Adm

inis

ter a

ccor

ding

to c

urre

nt K

EP

I TT

Imm

uniz

atio

n S

ched

ule.

Dew

orm

ing:

All

preg

nant

wom

en s

houl

d re

ceiv

e an

ti-he

lmin

thes

afte

r firs

t trim

este

r as

per t

he g

uide

lines

on

m

ater

nal n

utrit

ion.

Ant

imal

aria

ls, I

TNs:

All

preg

nant

wom

en in

mal

aria

end

emic

are

as s

houl

d sl

eep

unde

r an

ITN

and

rece

ive

SP

inte

rmitt

ent

pres

umpt

ive

treat

men

t acc

ordi

ng to

the

Nat

iona

l Mal

aria

gui

delin

es

AR

V a

nd O

ppor

tuni

stic

Infe

ctio

ns p

roph

ylax

is (d

urin

g pr

egna

ncy)

: Pro

vide

AR

V, C

TX, a

nd o

ther

pro

phyl

actic

m

edic

atio

ns a

ccor

ding

to th

e K

enya

AR

T pr

otoc

ol o

n O

I pro

phyl

axis

and

use

of A

RV

s in

pre

gnan

cy.

AR

V tr

eatm

ent d

urin

g pr

egna

ncy:

Pro

vide

HA

AR

T w

ithin

the

MC

H s

ettin

g ac

cord

ing

to th

e K

enya

pro

toco

l on

use

of A

RV

s.

Est

ablis

h cl

ear r

efer

ral n

etw

orks

with

sen

ior c

linic

ians

.

Pre

vent

ion

with

Pos

itive

s: E

ncou

rage

pos

itive

livi

ng, d

iscl

osur

e, c

orre

ct a

nd c

onsi

sten

t con

dom

use

, and

pro

vide

psy

chos

o-ci

al s

uppo

rt to

the

affe

cted

fam

ilies.

For

the

HIV

-infe

cted

and

affe

cted

fam

ilies,

est

ablis

h an

d/or

stre

ngth

en li

nkag

es to

car

e,

treat

men

t and

sup

port

serv

ices

incl

udin

g po

st-p

artu

m fo

llow

up.

Effe

ctiv

e co

ntra

cept

ion

plan

: Cou

nsel

abo

ut o

ther

fam

ily p

lann

ing

met

hods

em

phas

izin

g on

par

tner

invo

lvem

ent

and

dual

pro

tect

ion

met

hods

to a

void

unw

ante

d pr

egna

ncy,

new

infe

ctio

n, re

-infe

ctio

n an

d fu

rther

tran

smis

sion

.

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

74

9.2

OPE

RA

TIO

NA

L G

UID

ELIN

ES

Hea

lth w

orke

rs s

houl

d pr

ovid

e th

e fo

llow

ing

pack

age

of c

are

as a

min

imum

to

thes

e ch

ildre

n:

(1)

Con

firm

HIV

sta

tus

as e

arly

as

poss

ible

. (R

efer

to C

hapt

er 7

)

(2)

Mot

hers

sho

uld

be s

uppo

rted

to p

rovi

de o

ptim

al in

fant

feed

ing

and

parti

cula

rly to

av

oid

mix

ed fe

edin

g in

the

first

6 m

onth

s of

life

. It i

s im

porta

nt th

at in

fant

feed

ing

choi

ces

at in

itiat

ion

of fe

edin

g, fo

llow

ing

early

infa

nt d

iagn

osis

, at w

eani

ng a

nd a

t th

e tim

e of

intro

duct

ion

of c

ompl

emen

tary

feed

s ar

e gu

ided

by

the

AFA

SS

crit

eria

. (R

efer

to C

hapt

er 8

)

The

follo

win

g gu

idel

ines

sho

uld

be fo

llow

ed in

the

care

and

fo

llow

-up

of c

hild

ren

of H

IV-in

fect

ed m

othe

rs:

• A

ll ch

ildre

n bo

rn t

o H

IV in

fect

ed m

othe

rs s

houl

d be

see

n in

the

he

alth

car

e fa

cilit

y w

ithin

tw

o w

eeks

of

deliv

ery

• F

or a

ll H

IV e

xpos

ed in

fant

s, m

onth

ly f

ollo

w u

p vi

sits

are

re

com

men

ded

begi

nnin

g at

six

wee

ks t

hrou

gh 2

yea

rs

• W

here

pos

sibl

e, v

isits

sho

uld

be li

nked

to

the

imm

unis

atio

n an

d gr

owth

mon

itori

ng v

isits

• A

ll H

IV e

xpos

ed in

fant

s sh

ould

be

star

ted

on C

otri

mox

azol

e

prop

hyla

xis

from

6 w

eeks

of

age

• F

or in

fant

s w

ho te

st H

IV p

ositi

ve b

y D

NA

PC

R b

efor

e 18

mon

ths

or

by a

ntib

ody

test

aft

er 1

8 m

onth

s of

age

, co

-trim

oxaz

ole

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

daily

for

life

• F

or in

fant

s w

ho te

st H

IV n

egat

ive:

If

they

hav

e st

oppe

d br

east

feed

ing

for 2

mon

ths

or m

ore,

sto

p

Cot

rimox

azol

e

If

still

brea

stfe

edin

g, c

ontin

ue C

otrim

oxaz

ole

until

two

mon

ths

afte

r co

mpl

ete

cess

atio

n of

bre

astfe

edin

g

• C

ompr

ehen

sive

car

e fo

r th

e H

IV e

xpos

ed o

r in

fect

ed in

fant

s sh

ould

be

pro

vide

d in

the

bro

ader

con

text

of

othe

r ch

ild h

ealth

car

e

stra

tegi

es

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elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Cha

pter

9

Car

e an

d Fo

llow

-up

of C

hild

ren

of H

IV-in

fect

ed M

othe

rs

9.1

IN

TRO

DU

CTI

ON

PM

TCT

inte

rven

tions

redu

ce b

ut d

o no

t elim

inat

e th

e ri

sk o

f HIV

tran

smis

sion

from

mot

h-er

s to

thei

r inf

ants

and

you

ng ch

ildre

n. B

oth

HIV

-infe

cted

and

uni

nfec

ted

expo

sed

child

ren

have

incr

ease

d ri

sks

of in

fect

ion

and

deat

h fr

om c

omm

on c

hild

hood

infe

ctio

ns. T

he s

ur-

viva

l of

HIV

-exp

osed

chi

ldre

n, w

heth

er o

r no

t th

ey a

re i

nfec

ted,

is

clos

ely

linke

d to

the

he

alth

and

sur

viva

l of t

heir

mot

hers

. The

refo

re, l

ong-

term

ben

efits

of P

MTC

T pr

ogra

ms

will

onl

y be

sus

tain

ed if

the

re is

ong

oing

com

preh

ensi

ve c

are

for

the

child

ren

and

thei

r m

othe

rs a

nd/o

r car

e gi

vers

.

HIV

exp

osed

chi

ldre

n ar

e vu

lner

able

to

the

com

mon

illn

esse

s af

fect

ing

othe

r ch

ildre

n.

Thes

e in

fect

ions

incl

ude

neon

atal

infe

ctio

ns, m

alar

ia, p

neum

onia

, dia

rrho

ea, m

easl

es a

nd

othe

r vac

cine

pre

vent

able

dis

ease

s. H

IV in

fect

ed ch

ildre

n ar

e lik

ely

to s

uffe

r mor

e se

vere

ly

and

have

a h

ighe

r lik

elih

ood

of d

ying

from

com

mon

chi

ldho

od il

lnes

ses

than

non

-infe

cted

ch

ildre

n. W

here

as m

alnu

triti

on c

ause

s 53

% o

f all

child

hood

dea

ths,

HIV

exp

osed

chi

ldre

n ar

e m

ore

vuln

erab

le to

it th

an n

on-in

fect

ed c

hild

ren.

Thi

s is

bec

ause

HIV

exp

osed

child

ren

have

hig

her

calo

ric

requ

irem

ents

as

a re

sult

of th

eir

HIV

infe

ctio

n, th

e pr

esen

ce o

f opp

or-

tuni

stic

infe

ctio

ns a

nd o

ther

com

plic

atio

ns re

late

d to

AID

S.

Regu

lar

follo

w u

p ca

re is

cri

tical

for

an in

fant

bor

n to

a m

othe

r w

ith H

IV/A

IDS.

The

com

-pr

ehen

sive

car

e of

HIV

exp

osed

chi

ldre

n in

clud

ing

nutr

ition

, im

mun

isat

ion,

mon

itori

ng o

f gr

owth

and

dev

elop

men

t, pr

even

tion

and

trea

tmen

t of

opp

ortu

nist

ic in

fect

ions

and

ear

ly

infa

nt d

iagn

osis

of

HIV

is f

easi

ble

in r

esou

rce-

cons

trai

ned

sett

ings

and

sig

nific

antly

im-

prov

es th

e su

rviv

al o

f the

se ch

ildre

n.

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

34

2.3

JO

B A

IDS

Prov

ider

s ar

e en

cour

aged

to re

fer t

o th

e ap

prop

riate

job

aid(

s) w

hen

deal

ing

with

spe

cific

issu

es:

• P

MT

CT

test

ing

and

coun

selli

ng t

ools

• C

oupl

e co

unse

lling

too

ls

• A

NC

alg

orith

ms

for

AR

V p

roph

ylax

is a

nd in

fant

fee

ding

gui

delin

es

as a

dapt

ed f

rom

WH

O g

uide

lines

• P

reve

ntio

n w

ith p

ositi

ves

tool

kit

on d

iscl

osur

e

• F

ocus

ed a

nte-

nata

l car

e

• M

alar

ia in

pre

gnan

cy

• T

B in

pre

gnan

cy

• K

EP

I S

ched

ule

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Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

A ra

pid

HIV

test

ing

algo

rithm

for s

eria

l tes

ting

is il

lust

rate

d be

low

Pre-Test Education and or Counselling

First HIV Rapid Test –DETERMINE

Negative Test Result

Counsel for Negative Result

Positive Test Result

Second HIV Rapid Test –BIOLINE

Positive Test ResultCounsel for

Positive Result

Negative Test Result

Third HIV Rapid Test –UNIGOLD

Positive Test ResultCounsel for

Positive Result

Negative Test ResultCounsel for

Negative Result

Figure 3.2 Rapid HIV testing algorithm: Serialtesting

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

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ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

36

Mot

her a

nd C

hild

Hea

lth B

ookl

et

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elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Cha

pter

ref

eren

ces

Rep

ublic

of

Ken

ya M

inis

try

of

Hea

lth,

Div

isio

n o

f Rep

roduct

ive

Hea

lth:

National G

uid

e-lin

es f

or

Qual

ity

Obst

etri

cs a

nd P

erin

atal Car

e, (

2004).

W

HO

, U

NFP

A,

UN

ICEF,

World B

ank:

Manag

ing C

om

plic

atio

ns

in P

regnan

cy a

nd C

hild

birth

. A g

uid

e fo

r m

idw

ives

and d

oct

ors

(2003).

W

HO

, Sta

ndar

ds

for

Mat

ernal

and N

eonat

al C

are

(2006).

W

HO

, Antire

trovi

ral dru

gs

for

trea

ting p

regnan

t w

om

en a

nd p

reve

nting H

IV infe

ctio

ns

in

infa

nts

in r

esourc

e lim

ited

set

tings:

Tow

ard

s U

niv

ersa

l Acc

ess,

Rec

om

men

dations

for

a public

hea

lth a

ppro

ach (

2006).

M

inis

try

of

Hea

lth,

Nat

ional AID

S &

STD

Contr

ol Pro

gra

mm

e (N

ASCO

P)

Guid

elin

es f

or

Antire

trovi

ral dru

g t

her

apy

in K

enya

(2005).

M

inis

try

of

Hea

lth,

Ken

ya N

atio

nal

Rep

roduct

ive

Hea

lth I

nst

ruct

ional M

anual

for

Ser

vice

Pro

vider

s (M

arch

2005)

Nat

ional AID

S &

STD

Contr

ol Pro

gra

mm

e, K

enya

AID

S I

ndic

ator

Syr

vey

Foo

tnot

es

1,

2Ken

ya D

emogra

phic

and H

ealth S

urv

ey (

KD

HS),

2003

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

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er t

o C

hild

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nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

38

CH

AP

TE

R 3

Intr

apar

tum

Car

e 3.

1 IN

TRO

DU

CTI

ON

In

trap

artu

m c

are

is t

he m

anag

emen

t of

wom

en f

rom

the

ons

et o

f la

bour

to

deliv

ery.

Thi

s pe

riod

pos

es th

e gr

eate

st r

isk

for

tran

smis

sion

of H

IV fr

om th

e m

othe

r to

the

child

(MTC

T)

with

10

to 2

0 pe

rcen

t of e

xpos

ed in

fant

s be

com

ing

infe

cted

at t

his

time i

n th

e ab

senc

e of

any

in

terv

entio

n.1

In t

he c

onte

xt o

f H

IV/A

IDS,

it is

, the

refo

re, i

mpo

rtan

t to

est

ablis

h th

e H

IV

stat

us o

f wom

en p

rior

to, o

r du

ring

labo

ur a

nd d

eliv

ery

and

prov

ide

inte

rven

tions

aim

ed a

t re

duci

ng th

e ri

sk o

f tra

nsm

issi

on. W

ith a

ppro

pria

te in

terv

entio

ns, t

he r

isk

of M

TCT

can

be

redu

ced

sign

ifica

ntly

.

3.2

O

PER

ATI

ON

AL

GU

IDEL

INES

a) O

ptim

al In

trap

artu

m C

are

The

follo

win

g gu

idel

ines

sho

uld

be fo

llow

ed fo

r all

wom

en a

dmitt

ed

to la

bour

and

del

iver

y un

its 2,

3

1. M

inim

ise

vagi

nal e

xam

inat

ions

2. U

se a

sept

ic t

echn

ique

s in

con

duct

ing

deliv

ery

3. A

void

rou

tine

artif

icia

l rup

ture

of m

embr

anes

(A

RM

)

4. A

void

pro

long

ed la

bour

5. A

void

unn

eces

sary

tra

uma

duri

ng d

eliv

ery

6. M

inim

ise

the

risk

of p

ostp

artu

m h

aem

orrh

age

7. U

se s

afe

bloo

d tr

ansf

usio

n pr

actic

es

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hild

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on (

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TCT)

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IDS in K

enya

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n)

b) S

peci

fic M

anag

emen

t of H

IV P

ositi

ve P

regn

ant W

omen

P

roph

ylac

tic

Ant

iret

rovi

ral t

hera

pies

4

The

AR

V p

roph

ylac

tic r

egim

en d

epen

ds o

n w

heth

er th

e m

othe

r ha

d A

RV

s du

ring

pre

g-na

ncy

or n

ot. T

hus,

the

heal

th c

are

wor

ker s

houl

d es

tabl

ish

the

regi

men

use

d du

ring

th

e A

NC

, whe

ther

the

wom

an h

ad ta

ken

the

SdN

VP

and

AZT

at t

he o

nset

of l

abou

r an

d de

term

ine

the

appr

opri

ate

intr

a-pa

rtum

AR

V c

are

as p

er th

e al

gori

thm

s on

pag

e 80

(App

endi

x II

I), p

age

81 (A

ppen

dix

IV) a

nd a

s su

mm

aris

ed b

elow

.

Mod

e of

del

iver

y E

lect

ive

caes

area

n se

ctio

n (C

S) r

educ

es t

he r

isk

of H

IV M

TCT

as c

ompa

red

to v

agin

al

deliv

ery,

but

will

not

be

avai

labl

e in

man

y se

ttin

gs in

our

cou

ntry

. Whe

re C

S is

per

-fo

rmed

(ele

ctiv

e or

em

erge

ncy)

in H

IV p

ositi

ve w

omen

, the

y sh

ould

rec

eive

pro

phyl

actic

an

tibio

tics.

If

the

CS

is p

erfo

rmed

aft

er p

rolo

nged

lab

our

or r

uptu

re o

f m

embr

anes

, lo

nger

cour

ses

of a

ntib

iotic

s sh

ould

be

cons

ider

ed.

No

AR

Vs t

aken

in p

regn

ancy

Mot

her i

n ea

rly la

bour

(up

to 4

cm c

ervi

cal d

ilata

tion)

Intr

apar

tum

per

iod:

Giv

e m

othe

r S

dNV

P 2

00m

g, A

ZT

600

mg

and

3T

C 1

50m

g st

at

• P

ostp

artu

m m

othe

r: G

ive

mot

her

AZ

T 3

00m

g an

d 3T

C 1

50m

g B

D

for

7 da

ys

• P

ostp

artu

m p

erio

d: G

ive

infa

nt S

d N

evir

apin

e 2

mg/

kg w

ithin

72

hour

s of

birt

h P

LUS

3T

C 4

mg/

kg B

D f

or 1

wee

k an

d A

ZT

syr

up 4

mg/

kg

BD

for

6 w

eeks

Mot

her r

ecei

ved

AZT

300

mg

BD

in P

regn

ancy

• P

ostp

artu

m:

Giv

e in

fant

Sd

Nev

irap

ine

2mg/

kg w

ithin

72

hour

s of

birt

h,

PLU

S 3

TC

4m

g/kg

BD

for

1 w

eek

and

AZ

T s

yrup

4 m

g/kg

BD

for

6 w

eeks

Mot

her r

ecei

ved

HA

AR

T in

Pre

gnan

cy

Reg

ardl

ess

of d

urat

ion

rece

ived

HA

AR

T •

Giv

e m

othe

r A

RV

dos

e as

per

reg

imen

• P

ostp

artu

m:

Giv

e In

fant

Sd

Nev

irap

ine

2mg/

kg w

ithin

72

hour

s of

bir

th,

PLU

S 3

TC

4m

g/kg

BD

for

1 w

eek

and

AZ

T s

yrup

4 m

g/kg

BD

for

6 w

eeks

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

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hild

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issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

40

Supp

ort d

urin

g la

bour

E

mot

iona

l su

ppor

t du

ring

lab

our

is i

mpo

rtan

t fo

r al

l w

omen

, and

may

be

even

mor

e ne

cess

ary

for

an H

IV p

ositi

ve w

oman

who

is c

once

rned

abo

ut h

er c

ondi

tion

and

risk

of

HIV

tran

smis

sion

to c

hild

. Whe

neve

r po

ssib

le, d

urin

g la

bour

, war

d st

aff m

ust b

e se

nsi-

tive

to t

he fe

ars

and

conc

erns

of t

he H

IV p

ositi

ve m

othe

r ab

out

her

infe

ctio

n, a

nd h

ow

muc

h sh

e ha

d to

ld h

er p

artn

er.

Indu

ctio

n of

labo

ur

Indu

ctio

n of

labo

ur m

ay b

e as

soci

ated

with

incr

ease

d ri

sk o

f H

IV M

TCT.

Car

eful

as-

sess

men

t of

the

nee

d fo

r an

d de

sira

bilit

y of

ind

uctio

n ra

ther

tha

n C

S is

nec

essa

ry.

Whe

n in

duct

ion

of la

bour

is c

hose

n, m

embr

anes

sho

uld

be le

ft in

tact

for

as lo

ng a

s po

s-si

ble.

Syn

toci

non

shou

ld n

ot b

e us

ed w

ith in

tact

mem

bran

es.

Indi

catio

ns fo

r ele

ctiv

e C

S A

lthou

gh e

lect

ive

CS

will

not

be

avai

labl

e in

mos

t hea

lth fa

cilit

ies

as a

rou

tine

for

HIV

po

sitiv

e w

omen

, the

re m

ay b

e so

me

case

s th

at m

erit

cons

ider

atio

n fo

r C

S. T

hese

in-

clud

e pr

egna

ncie

s w

here

lab

our

is e

xpec

ted

to b

e pr

olon

ged

or w

here

oth

er o

bste

tric

co

mpl

icat

ions

may

be

asso

ciat

ed w

ith in

crea

sed

risk

of t

rans

mis

sion

(e.g

. abr

uptio

pla

-ce

ntae

, pl

acen

ta p

raev

ia,

pre-

term

rup

ture

of

mem

bran

es,

prev

ious

CS

and

bree

ch

pres

enta

tion)

.

Man

agem

ent o

f lab

our a

nd d

eliv

ery

Labo

ur a

nd d

eliv

ery

man

agem

ent

shou

ld fo

llow

opt

imal

obs

tetr

ic m

anag

emen

t gu

ide-

lines

. (R

efer

to

Opt

imal

Int

rapa

rtum

car

e ab

ove

and

Nat

iona

l G

uide

lines

for

Qua

lity

Obs

tetr

ics

and

IMPA

C C

are

Man

ual).

RO

LE O

F TH

E C

OM

MU

NIT

Y

A la

rge

prop

ortio

n (6

0%) o

f wom

en in

Ken

ya is

del

iver

ed o

utsid

e th

e he

alth

sys

tem

s by

fam

ily

mem

bers

, nei

ghbo

urs a

nd T

BAs.

• T

here

is n

eed

to e

duca

te th

e co

mm

unity

on

the

risk

of M

TC

T an

d w

ays

of

prev

entio

n

• T

hose

ass

istin

g th

e de

liver

ies

need

to u

nder

stan

d th

eir

own

risk

of in

fect

ion

and

how

to p

rote

ct th

emse

lves

• T

he c

omm

unity

sho

uld

be e

ncou

rage

d to

faci

litat

e m

othe

rs to

del

iver

in

heal

th fa

cilit

ies

• T

he c

omm

unity

sho

uld

be e

ncou

rage

d to

ref

er to

hea

lth fa

cilit

ies

all c

hild

ren

born

at h

ome

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elin

es for

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ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Cha

pter

ref

eren

ces

1.R

epublic

of

Ken

ya,

Min

istr

y of

Hea

lth,

Ess

ential

Obst

etric

Car

e M

anual

for

Hea

lth

Ser

vice

Pro

vider

s in

Ken

ya (

3rd

Editio

n J

an 2

006).

Foo

tnot

es

1 D

e Cock

K.M

. 2002.

2 K

enya

National

Rep

roduct

ive

Hea

lth I

nst

ruct

ion M

anual

for

Ser

vice

Pro

vider

s (2

006).

3 D

ivis

ion o

f Rep

roduct

ive

Hea

lth:

Guid

elin

es f

or

Qual

ity

Obst

etri

cs a

nd P

erin

ata

l Car

e (2

004).

4 W

HO

: Antire

tovi

ral dru

gs

for

trea

ting p

regnan

t w

om

en a

nd p

reve

nting H

IV infe

ctio

n in

infa

nts

: to

ward

s univ

ersa

l acc

ess

(2006).

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

66

Figu

re 8

.1: G

uide

lines

for C

ouns

ellin

g on

HIV

and

Infa

nt fe

edin

gJob

Aid

s an

d IE

C M

ater

ials

on

Infa

nt a

nd Y

oung

Chi

ld F

eedi

ng

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er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

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n)

8.5

EXTR

AC

TS F

RO

M R

ESEA

RC

H O

N IN

FAN

T FE

EDIN

G

A

ND H

IV/A

IDS

Evid

ence

ava

ilabl

e fr

om c

urre

nt re

sear

ch d

ata

show

s th

at:

• In

crea

sed

risk

of m

orta

lity

with

rep

lace

men

t fe

edin

g is

sig

nific

ant

• H

IV f

ree

surv

ival

rat

e at

18

mon

ths

of a

ge d

oes

not

sign

ifica

ntly

var

y be

twee

n a

brea

stfe

d an

d re

plac

emen

t fed

chi

ld

• M

odifi

ed a

nim

al’s

milk

doe

s no

t pr

ovid

e ad

equa

te n

utrit

ion

for

child

ren

less

tha

n 6

mon

ths

henc

e m

icro

nutr

ient

s sh

ould

be

give

n un

der

thes

e ci

rcum

stan

ces

• A

brup

t ce

ssat

ion

of b

reas

tfee

ding

is n

o lo

nger

rec

omm

ende

d

• E

xclu

sive

bre

astf

eedi

ng u

p to

6 m

onth

s is

rec

omm

ende

d un

less

re

plac

emen

t fee

ding

can

mee

t AF

AS

S c

rite

ria

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

42

Cha

pter

4

Use

of A

ntire

trov

iral D

rugs

in P

regn

ancy

for T

reat

men

t and

for

Prev

entio

n of

Mot

her-

to-C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on o

f HIV

Infe

ctio

n 4.

1 IN

TRO

DU

CTI

ON

W

ithou

t an

y in

terv

entio

n, u

p to

40

perc

ent

of H

IV p

ositi

ve w

omen

will

tra

nsm

it th

e in

fect

ion

to t

heir

chi

ldre

n du

ring

pre

gnan

cy, l

abou

r an

d br

east

feed

ing.

Use

of a

ntir

et-

rovi

ral d

rugs

(AR

Vs)

, obs

tetr

ic in

terv

entio

ns a

nd a

void

ance

of a

ll br

east

feed

ing

for

pre-

vent

ion

of m

othe

r to

chi

ld tr

ansm

issi

on o

f HIV

infe

ctio

n (P

MTC

T) h

as r

educ

ed th

e ri

sk

of m

othe

r to

chi

ld tr

ansm

issi

on o

f HIV

infe

ctio

n (M

TCT)

to le

ss th

an 2

per

cent

in d

evel

-op

ed c

ount

ries

.

Shor

t cou

rse

effic

acio

us A

RV

dru

g re

gim

ens

can

redu

ce th

e ri

sk o

f MTC

T to

2-4

per

cent

an

d ca

n be

im

plem

ente

d in

res

ourc

e-lim

ited

sett

ings

on

a po

pula

tion-

base

d pu

blic

he

alth

sca

le. A

RV

s ar

e us

ed b

oth

for

the

trea

tmen

t of

HIV

dis

ease

and

for

PMTC

T in

H

IV-in

fect

ed p

regn

ant

wom

en a

nd t

heir

neo

nate

s. A

ntir

etro

vira

l tre

atm

ent

(AR

T) fo

r w

omen

, who

qua

lify

for

it, p

rolo

ngs

and

impr

oves

the

qua

lity

of t

heir

liv

es. T

he s

ur-

viva

l of

the

chi

ld i

s cl

osel

y in

terl

inke

d w

ith t

he h

ealth

and

sur

viva

l of

the

mot

her.

W

omen

elig

ible

for

AR

T sh

ould

be

star

ted

on tr

eatm

ent a

s so

on a

s po

ssib

le. P

regn

ancy

is

not

a r

easo

n to

del

ay A

RT.

Wom

en w

ho a

re a

lrea

dy o

n A

RT

befo

re b

ecom

ing

preg

-na

nt s

houl

d co

ntin

ue w

ith th

eir

trea

tmen

t. In

cer

tain

situ

atio

ns, m

odifi

catio

ns m

ay b

e ne

eded

to m

ake

trea

tmen

t saf

er fo

r th

e m

othe

r an

d th

e un

born

bab

y.

The

bene

fits

of u

sing

AR

Vs

to t

reat

HIV

-infe

cted

pre

gnan

t w

omen

and

/or

PMTC

T ou

t-w

eigh

the

ris

ks. H

owev

er, w

hen

AR

T or

oth

er s

hort

cou

rse

AR

V r

egim

ens

are

used

, ba

selin

e ev

alua

tion

and

mon

itori

ng is

enc

oura

ged

to e

nsur

e th

e sa

fety

of t

he m

othe

rs

and

thei

r ne

wbo

rns.

Lin

kage

s of

HIV

-infe

cted

pre

gnan

t w

omen

and

the

ir c

hild

ren

to

othe

r ca

re a

nd s

uppo

rt p

rogr

ams

at h

ealth

fac

ility

and

com

mun

ity l

evel

s sh

ould

be

ensu

red.

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elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

4.2

O

PER

ATI

ON

AL

GU

IDEL

INES

A

ll H

IV-in

fect

ed p

regn

ant

wom

en s

houl

d be

cou

nsel

led

on c

ompr

ehen

sive

HIV

car

e in

clud

ing

use

of A

RV

s fo

r th

eir

own

heal

th a

nd fo

r PM

TCT.

The

wom

en s

houl

d al

so b

e sc

reen

ed a

nd tr

eate

d fo

r op

port

unis

tic in

fect

ions

(OIs

) inc

ludi

ng

Tube

rcul

osis

(TB)

.

All

HIV

-infe

cted

pre

gnan

t wom

en s

houl

d ha

ve b

asel

ine

labo

rato

ry a

nd o

ther

nec

essa

ry

diag

nost

ic e

valu

atio

ns.

All

HIV

-infe

cted

pre

gnan

t wom

en s

houl

d ha

ve th

eir H

IV d

isea

se

stag

ed u

sing

:

• W

HO

clin

ical

sta

ging

(se

e A

ppen

dix

1) a

nd

• Im

mun

olog

ical

sta

ging

(C

D4

coun

t) (

see

tabl

e 1)

Thes

e di

agno

stic

s sh

ould

incl

ude:

• R

outin

e an

tena

tal c

are

labo

rato

ry in

vest

igat

ions

that

are

nor

mal

ly

done

for

all

preg

nant

wom

en:

haem

oglo

bin

(Hb)

, rh

esus

blo

od

grou

p an

d A

BO

typ

ing,

VD

RL,

uri

ne a

naly

sis

and

scre

enin

g

for

ST

I

• A

LT a

nd c

reat

inin

e le

vels

for

wom

en e

ligib

le f

or H

AA

RT

Pr

ophy

laxi

s &

mic

ronu

trie

nt s

uppl

emen

tatio

n:

• C

otrim

oxaz

ole

(CTX

) one

dou

ble

stre

ngth

or t

wo

sing

le s

treng

th ta

blet

s on

ce d

aily

• M

ultiv

itam

ins

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

64

8.3

OPE

RA

TIO

NA

L G

UID

ELIN

ES O

N F

EED

ING

CH

ILD

REN

6 M

ON

THS

A

ND O

LDER

8.4

NU

TRIT

ION

AL

CA

RE

AN

D S

UPP

OR

T O

F H

IV

IN

FEC

TED C

HIL

DR

EN

The

follo

win

g sh

ould

gui

de fe

edin

g fo

r chi

ldre

n 6

mon

ths

and

olde

r:

• A

t 6

mon

ths,

oth

er f

orm

s of

milk

alo

ne a

re n

ot a

dequ

ate

to m

eet

the

baby

’s n

utrit

iona

l req

uire

men

ts

• C

ompl

emen

tary

foo

ds s

houl

d be

intr

oduc

ed w

ith c

ontin

ued

brea

stfe

edin

g or

with

rep

lace

men

t fe

edin

g un

til a

nut

ritio

nally

ad

equa

te d

iet

can

be s

usta

ined

with

out

milk

• A

brup

t ces

satio

n of

bre

astf

eedi

ng s

houl

d be

dis

cour

aged

to

avoi

d tr

aum

a fo

r bo

th t

he m

othe

r an

d th

e ba

by

• M

ilk s

houl

d co

ntin

ue a

s an

impo

rtan

t co

mpo

nent

of

the

diet

• C

ompl

emen

tary

foo

ds s

houl

d be

enr

iche

d fr

om lo

cally

ava

ilabl

e fa

mily

foo

ds

• E

nerg

y ne

eds

for

asym

ptom

atic

HIV

infe

cted

chi

ldre

n in

crea

se b

y 10

pe

rcen

t to

mai

ntai

n gr

owth

as

com

pare

d to

the

non-

infe

cted

chi

ldre

n

• T

here

is n

o ev

iden

ce o

f in

crea

sed

prot

ein

requ

irem

ents

. The

re

quir

emen

ts s

houl

d be

bas

ed o

n in

divi

dual

sym

ptom

s an

d ne

eds

• M

icro

nutr

ient

req

uire

men

ts d

o no

t ch

ange

. W

HO

rec

omm

ends

not

m

ore

than

one

RD

A.

(For

fur

ther

det

ails

, re

fer

to K

enya

n G

uide

lines

on

nutr

ition

and

HIV

/A

IDS

)

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elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

8.2

OPE

RA

TIO

NA

L G

UID

ELIN

ES O

N IN

FAN

T FE

EDIN

G (0

-6 M

ON

THS)

The

follo

win

g sh

ould

gui

de in

fant

feed

ing

for t

he fi

rst 6

mon

ths:

• A

ll w

omen

and

men

irre

spec

tive

of th

eir

HIV

sta

tus

shou

ld r

ecei

ve

coun

selin

g an

d de

mon

stra

tions

on

how

to

safe

ly f

eed

thei

r ba

bies

du

ring

the

ant

enat

al a

nd p

ostn

atal

fol

low

up

• T

he m

ost

appr

opria

te in

fant

fee

ding

opt

ion

for

an H

IV in

fect

ed

mot

her

shou

ld c

ontin

ue t

o de

pend

on

indi

vidu

al c

ircu

mst

ance

s an

d th

e

avai

labl

e su

ppor

t

• E

very

HIV

infe

cted

wom

an s

houl

d be

eva

luat

ed a

t ev

ery

visi

t to

ch

eck

whe

ther

her

soc

ial,

econ

omic

and

hea

lth s

tatu

s ha

s ch

ange

d su

ffic

ient

ly e

noug

h to

aff

ect

her

infa

nt f

eedi

ng o

ptio

n

• E

xclu

sive

bre

astf

eedi

ng fo

r H

IV in

fect

ed w

omen

for

the

firs

t 6

mon

ths

of t

he in

fant

’s li

fe is

adv

isab

le,

unle

ss r

epla

cem

ent f

eedi

ng is

ac

cept

able

, fea

sibl

e, a

ffor

dabl

e, s

usta

inab

le a

nd s

afe

for

them

and

th

eir

infa

nts

befo

re t

hat t

ime

• W

hen

repl

acem

ent

feed

ing

is a

ccep

tabl

e, f

easi

ble,

aff

orda

ble,

su

stai

nabl

e an

d sa

fe,

avoi

danc

e of

exc

lusi

ve b

reas

tfee

ding

by

HIV

in

fect

ed w

omen

is r

ecom

men

ded

• If

the

con

ditio

ns f

or r

epla

cem

ent

feed

ing

are

still

not

met

for

6

mon

ths

then

, co

ntin

uatio

n of

bre

astf

eedi

ng w

ith a

dditi

onal

co

mpl

emen

tary

fee

ding

is r

ecom

men

ded,

giv

ing

prio

rity

to t

he lo

cally

av

aila

ble

food

s

• In

fant

fee

ding

dec

isio

ns f

or a

ll H

IV e

xpos

ed in

fant

s sh

ould

be

base

d on

the

AF

AS

S c

riter

ia e

ven

whe

re e

arly

infa

nt d

iagn

osis

(E

ID)

is

avai

labl

e

• B

reas

tfeed

ing

mot

hers

of

infa

nts

and

youn

g ch

ildre

n w

ho a

re k

now

n to

be

HIV

infe

cted

sho

uld

be s

tron

gly

enco

urag

ed t

o co

ntin

ue b

reas

t fe

edin

g. H

owev

er,

brea

stfe

edin

g H

IV in

fect

ed m

othe

rs s

houl

d be

gi

ven

nutr

ition

sup

port

(nu

triti

onal

cou

nsel

ing,

edu

catio

n, f

ood

and

nutr

ition

al s

uppl

emen

ts)

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

44

Sulp

hur-

base

d in

term

itten

t pr

esum

ptiv

e m

alar

ia t

reat

men

t (I

PT) s

houl

d no

t be

giv

en

to w

omen

who

are

on

CTX

pro

phyl

axis

.

Tabl

e 4.

1: R

ecom

men

datio

ns fo

r ini

tiatin

g A

RV

trea

tmen

t in

preg

nant

w

omen

bas

ed o

n cl

inic

al s

tage

and

ava

ilabi

lity

of C

D4

Cou

nt

Sourc

e: A

dopte

d f

rom

WH

O,

Anti-r

etro

vira

l dru

gs

for

trea

ting p

regnant

wom

en a

nd p

re-

venting H

IV infe

ctio

ns

WH

O

Clin

ical

Sta

ge

CD

4 te

stin

g

not a

vaila

ble

CD

4 te

stin

g

avai

labl

e

1 D

o no

t Tre

at

Trea

t if C

D4≤

350

cells

/mm

3

2 D

o no

t Tre

at

Trea

t if C

D4 ≤

350

cells

/mm

3

3 Tr

eat

Trea

t irre

spec

tive

of C

D4

coun

t (c

onsi

der C

D4

valu

es fo

r bet

ter

man

agem

ent)

4 Tr

eat

Trea

t irre

spec

tive

of C

D4

cell

coun

t

AR

V us

e:

• A

RV

s ar

e us

ed fo

r tr

eatin

g H

IV-i

nfec

ted

elig

ible

wom

en a

nd/o

r fo

r pr

even

tion

of m

othe

r-to

-chi

ld tr

ansm

issi

on

• H

IV-i

nfec

ted

preg

nant

wom

en e

ligib

le f

or A

RT

sho

uld

initi

ate

AR

T

as s

oon

as p

ossi

ble

as s

how

n in

Tab

le 4

.1

• H

IV-i

nfec

ted

preg

nant

wom

en a

lread

y on

AR

T b

efor

e be

com

ing

pr

egna

nt s

houl

d co

ntin

ue A

RT

. T

he b

aby

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

AR

V

prop

hyla

xis

soon

aft

er b

irth

as s

how

n in

Tab

le 4

.2

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5

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Tabl

e 4.

2: R

ecom

men

ded

first

-line

AR

T re

gim

en fo

r tre

atin

g

preg

nant

wom

en a

nd p

roph

ylac

tic re

gim

en fo

r inf

ants

Infa

nt D

osag

es:

NV

P

2mg/

kg s

tat w

ithin

72

hour

s

AZT

4m

g/kg

BID

X 6

wee

ks

3TC

4m

g/kg

BID

X 1

wee

k

Mat

erna

l dos

ages

:

A

ZT 3

00 m

g B

ID

N

VP

200

mg

OD

for t

wo

wee

ks, t

here

afte

r 200

mg

BID

3T

C 1

50 m

g BI

D

Ant

epar

tum

AZ

T +

3TC

+ N

VP D

aily

Intra

partu

m

AZT

+ 3T

C +

NVP

Dai

ly

Pos

tpar

tum

AZ

T +

3TC

+ N

VP D

aily

Infa

nt p

roph

ylax

is

Sd

NV

P 2

mg/

kg s

tat w

ithin

72

hour

s 3T

C X

1 w

eek

(4

mg/

kg B

ID)

AZT

X 6

wee

ks (

4mg/

kg B

ID)

Mot

her

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

62

Cha

pter

8

Feed

ing

Infa

nts

and

Youn

g C

hild

ren

Bor

n to

HIV

Infe

cted

Mot

hers

8.

1 IN

TRO

DU

CTI

ON: T

RA

NSM

ISSI

ON O

F H

IV T

HR

OU

GH

B

REA

STFE

EDIN

G

In A

fric

a, 3

to 4

out

of e

very

10

infa

nts

born

to H

IV in

fect

ed w

omen

acq

uire

HIV

infe

c-tio

n. T

here

is, t

here

fore

, a 5

– 2

0 pe

rcen

t ri

sk o

f inf

ants

bor

n to

HIV

pos

itive

mot

hers

ac

quir

ing

infe

ctio

n th

roug

h br

east

-fe

edin

g if

ther

e ar

e no

inte

rven

tions

in

pla

ce.

For

wom

en w

ho a

re i

n-fe

cted

with

HIV

for

the

first

tim

e or

w

ho a

re r

e-in

fect

ed w

ith a

diff

eren

t st

rain

of H

IV d

urin

g th

e br

east

feed

-in

g ph

ase,

the

ris

k in

crea

ses

up t

o 29

per

cen

t. H

alf (

1/2)

of H

IV b

reas

t m

ilk t

rans

mis

sion

tak

es p

lace

by

6 w

eeks

and

thre

e qu

arte

rs (

3/4)

by

6 m

onth

s. M

ixed

feed

ing

incr

ease

s th

e ri

sk o

f br

east

milk

tra

nsm

issi

on o

f H

IV.

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IDS in K

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linesConf

irma

tory

AB t

est

at 1

8 M

onth

s

Eval

uate

for

ART

star

t on

ARV

if el

igibl

e

If HI

V+ a

t 12

Mont

hs

Evalu

ate f

or A

RTSta

rt o

n AR

V if

eligi

ble6 Wee

ks D

BS (P

CR)

**HIV

+

If HI

V-sto

p CT

X, if

not

B/

F fo

r at l

east

2 Mo

nths

**HI

V-

Antib

ody

test

ing

12 M

onth

s

Conf

irmat

ory

AB te

st at

18 M

onth

s

Conf

irmat

ory A

B te

st

at 18

Mon

ths

Eval

uate

for A

RT

star

t on

ARV

if el

igible

If HIV

+ at

12

Mon

ths

Eval

uate

for A

RTSt

art o

n AR

V if

elig

ible

If <1

2 Mon

ths D

BS (P

CR)

If >

12m

o An

tibod

y te

st

**HIV

+

If HIV-

stop

CTX

, if n

ot

B/F

for a

t lea

st 2

Mont

hs

**HI

V-

Antib

ody

testi

ng

12 M

onth

s

Conf

irma

tory

AB

test

at

18

Mont

hs

*Exp

osur

e sta

tus s

hould

be de

term

ined

for a

ll in

fant

s of u

nkno

wnsta

tus a

t the

6 wee

k vis

it or

firs

t con

tact

**

Coun

sel o

n in

fant

feed

ing

as p

er n

atio

nal g

uideli

nes

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

46

For

prop

hyla

xis

the

reco

mm

enda

tions

are

ran

ked

and

will

dep

end

on t

ime

of fi

rst

con-

tact

with

the

wom

an. H

IV-in

fect

ed p

regn

ant w

omen

who

are

not

elig

ible

for

AR

T or

in

who

m it

is n

ot p

ossi

ble

to s

tart

AR

T im

med

iate

ly a

nd th

e m

othe

r is

bei

ng s

een

betw

een

28 a

nd 3

8 w

eeks

of

preg

nanc

y, s

houl

d be

sta

rted

on

reco

mm

ende

d m

ore

effic

acio

us

shor

t co

urse

pro

phyl

actic

AR

V r

egim

ens

as s

how

n in

Tab

le 4

.3a.

The

bab

y sh

ould

als

o be

giv

en A

RV

pro

phyl

axis

soo

n af

ter

birt

h as

sho

wn

in th

e sa

me

tabl

e. T

he r

egim

ens

as

outli

ned

belo

w a

re fo

r pr

ophy

laxi

s an

d no

t for

trea

tmen

t.

Tabl

e 4.

3a: R

ecom

men

ded

Firs

t Lin

e A

RV

prop

hyla

xis

to

pre

vent

HIV

infe

ctio

n in

infa

nts

Am

ong

Preg

nant

Wom

en

Pres

entin

g B

efor

e 38

Wee

ks

Tabl

e 4.

3b b

elow

sho

ws

alte

rnat

ive

prop

hyla

ctic

regi

men

s fo

r w

omen

pre

sent

ing

befo

re 3

8 w

eeks

of p

regn

ancy

HIV

-infe

cted

pre

gnan

t w

omen

who

are

see

n fo

r th

e fir

st t

ime

afte

r 38

wee

ks o

f pr

eg-

nanc

y or

in la

bour

sho

uld

be g

iven

AR

V p

roph

ylac

tic r

egim

ens

as s

how

n in

Tab

le 4

.4.

The

baby

sho

uld

also

be

give

n A

RV

pro

phyl

axis

soo

n af

ter

birt

h as

sho

wn

in t

he s

ame

tabl

e. R

anki

ng

Tim

e of

Adm

inis

trat

ion

P

regn

ancy

La

bour

P

ostp

artu

m

M

ater

nal

Infa

nt

Rec

omm

ende

d

AZT(

28-3

8 w

eeks

ge

stat

ion)

sd

NV

P

+

AZT+

3TC

AZT+

3TC

X

7 d

ays

sdN

VP

PL

US

3TC

X1

wee

k +

AZT

X

6 w

eeks

Ran

king

Ti

me

of A

dmin

istr

atio

n

P

regn

ancy

La

bour

P

ostp

artu

m

Infa

nt

Alte

rnat

ive

AZT(

28-3

8 w

eeks

) sd

NV

P

+

AZT(

600m

gs

stat

)

sd

NV

P

+ 3T

C X

7

days

+ A

ZT

X 6

wee

ks

Min

imum

sdN

VP

+ A

ZT+3

TC

AZT+

3TC

X

7 d

ays

sdN

VP

+

3TC

day

s +

AZT

X

6 w

eeks

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elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Tabl

e 4.

4: A

RV

prop

hyla

xis

for P

MTC

T am

ong

preg

nant

wom

en w

ho

have

not

rece

ived

ant

enat

al A

RT

or p

roph

ylax

is

Tabl

e 4.

5: R

ecom

men

ded

HA

AR

T fo

r Pre

gnan

t Wom

en

base

d on

CD

4 C

ount

and

Sta

ge o

f Pre

gnan

cy

Ran

king

La

bour

P

ostp

artu

m

Mat

erna

l In

fant

Rec

omm

ende

d

sdN

VP

+

AZ

T+3T

C

AZT+

3TC

X

7 d

ays

SdN

VP

P

LUS

3TC

X 1

wee

k +

AZT

X 6

wee

ks

Min

imum

sd

NV

P

-

SdN

VP

P

LUS

3TC

X1

wee

k +

AZ

T X

6 w

eeks

Tim

e of

Adm

inis

trat

ion

CD

4 C

ount

C

ells

/mm

3 H

AA

RT/

Trim

este

r

1st

Trim

este

r 2nd

Trim

este

r 3rd

Trim

este

r

<250

A

ZT*+

3TC

+NV

P**

AZ

T+3T

C+N

VP

AZT+

3TC

+NVP

250-

350

AZT

+3TC

+LPV

/r O

R

AB

C+3

TC+L

PV/r

AZT

+3TC

+LPV

/r O

R

AB

C+3

TC+L

PV/r

AZT

+3TC

+LPV

/r O

R

AB

C+3

TC+L

PV/r

> 35

0***

A

ZT+3

TC+L

PV/r

OR

A

BC

+3TC

+LPV

/r

AZT

+3TC

+LPV

/r O

R

AB

C+3

TC+L

PV/r

AZT

+3TC

+LPV

/r O

R

AB

C+3

TC+L

PV/r

M

othe

r B

aby

NV

P

200

mg

stat

2m

g/kg

sta

t with

in 7

2 ho

urs

3TC

15

0 m

g BI

D

4mg/

kg B

ID X

1 w

eek

AZT

30

0 m

g BI

D

4mg/

kg B

ID X

6 w

eeks

Dos

ages

:

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

60

7.2.

2 H

IV P

OSI

TIV

E IN

FAN

T B

Y D

NA

PC

R

• A

ll H

IV p

ositi

ve in

fant

s sh

ould

be

eval

uate

d fo

r el

igib

ility

for

ant

i-re

trov

iral

trea

tmen

t an

d lin

ked

to c

are

and

trea

tmen

t as

app

ropr

iate

• W

HO

clin

ical

sta

ging

sho

uld

be d

one

for

all H

IV p

ositi

ve in

fant

s.

Chi

ldre

n w

ho a

re a

t W

HO

Clin

ical

sta

ge 3

or

4 ar

e el

igib

le f

or

antir

etro

vira

l tre

atm

ent.

• A

ll H

IV p

ositi

ve in

fant

s sh

ould

be

asse

ssed

for

CD

4 co

unt

whe

re

poss

ible

and

ava

ilabl

e. R

efer

to

AR

T g

uide

lines

for

CD

4 co

unts

tha

t de

term

ine

elig

ibili

ty f

or A

RT

for

chi

ldre

n of

diff

eren

t ag

e br

acke

ts

• A

ll H

IV-p

ositi

ve in

fant

s sh

ould

hav

e a

visi

ble

guar

dian

or

care

-tak

er

befo

re t

hey

can

be s

tart

ed o

n A

RT

• A

ll H

IV-p

ositi

ve in

fant

s sh

ould

be

star

ted

on C

otri

mox

azol

e fr

om 6

w

eeks

or

on f

irst

cont

act t

here

afte

r

• A

ll H

IV-p

ositi

ve in

fant

s sh

ould

be

star

ted

on A

RT

if e

ligib

le

• B

reas

tfeed

ing

shou

ld b

e en

cour

aged

for

all

HIV

-pos

itive

infa

nts

for

a

min

imum

of t

wo

year

s. (

Ref

er t

o C

hapt

er 8

)

• F

or a

ll H

IV-p

ositi

ve in

fant

s, p

erfo

rm a

ntib

ody

test

ing

at 9

mon

ths,

12

mon

ths

and

conf

irm

at

18 m

onth

s

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elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

7.2

OPE

RA

TIO

NA

L G

UID

ELIN

ES

7.2.

0 G

UID

ELIN

ES F

OR H

IV D

IAG

NO

SIS

IN C

HIL

DR

EN

7.2.

1 H

IV N

EGA

TIV

E IN

FAN

T A

T A

GE

6 W

EEK

S O

R F

IRST

CO

NTA

CT

• P

erfo

rm r

outin

e ra

pid

HIV

ant

ibod

y te

sts

for

all m

othe

rs o

f 6

wee

k ol

d in

fant

s pr

esen

ting

with

unk

now

n st

atus

• P

erfo

rm r

outin

e dr

y bl

ood

spot

s (D

BS

) fo

r D

NA

PC

R f

or a

ll in

fant

s kn

own

to b

e H

IV-e

xpos

ed a

t 6

wee

ks

• P

erfo

rm r

outin

e an

tibod

y te

stin

g fo

r al

l sic

k in

fant

s in

out

patie

nt a

nd

paed

iatr

ic w

ards

to

esta

blis

h H

IV e

xpos

ure/

infe

ctio

n st

atus

• P

erfo

rm D

BS

for

all

HIV

-exp

osed

sic

k in

fant

s un

der

12 m

onth

s

• A

ll H

IV-e

xpos

ed in

fant

s sh

ould

be

star

ted

on C

otri

mox

azol

e fr

om 6

w

eeks

of

age

or o

n fir

st c

onta

ct th

erea

fter

• R

efer

to

chap

ter

on c

are

and

follo

w u

p of

the

HIV

-exp

osed

/infe

cted

in

fant

.

Perf

orm

ant

ibod

y te

stin

g at

9 m

onth

s an

d 12

mon

ths

of a

ge

• If

HIV

neg

ativ

e at

12

mon

ths

and

still

bre

astf

eedi

ng,

cont

inue

Cot

rim

oxaz

ole.

• If

not b

reas

tfee

ding

for

at

leas

t 2

mon

ths,

sto

p C

otri

mox

azol

e

• P

erfo

rm c

onfir

mat

ory

antib

ody

test

ing

at 1

8 m

onth

s.

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

48

Not

es: I

mpo

rtan

t con

side

ratio

ns th

at m

odify

cho

ice

of A

RV

s du

ring

pre

gnan

cy in

clud

e C

D4

coun

t, m

ater

nal a

naem

ia a

nd

stag

e of

pre

gnan

cy

2 N

RT

Is (

AZ

T a

nd 3

TC

) ac

ting

as a

“tr

eatm

ent

back

bone

”, w

ith a

dditi

on o

f an

N

NR

TI (

NV

P)

rem

ains

the

pre

ferr

ed fi

rst-

line

AR

V t

hera

py in

res

ourc

e-po

or

sett

ings

• P

rote

ase

inhi

bito

rs b

ased

reg

imen

s ar

e pr

efer

able

whe

n C

D4

coun

t is

high

er

than

250

• *R

epla

ce A

ZT

with

d4T

if H

b< 8

gm

/dL

• **

EF

V m

ay b

e us

ed in

stea

d of

NV

P a

fter

first

trim

este

r

• **

* U

sual

ly A

RV

sho

uld

be w

ithhe

ld if

CD

4 co

unt

is n

ot a

vaila

ble

or n

ot d

one.

A

RV

is h

owev

er u

sed

for

PM

TC

T a

nd/o

r in

adv

ance

d H

IV d

isea

se (

WH

O

Sta

ge 3

or

4) ir

resp

ectiv

e of

CD

4 co

unt.

Bab

ies

who

se

mot

hers

di

d no

t re

ceiv

e an

tepa

rtum

or

in

trap

artu

m

AR

V

prop

hyla

xis

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

AR

V p

roph

ylax

is a

s sh

own

in T

able

4.6

.

Mat

erna

l dos

ages

AZT*

30

0 m

g B

ID

3TC

15

0 m

g BI

D

NVP

**

200

mg

OD

for t

wo

wee

ks, t

here

afte

r 200

mg

BID

AB

C

300m

g B

ID

LPV

/r (4

00/1

00)

2 ta

blet

s B

ID

EFV

60

0mg

QID

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Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Tabl

e 4.

6: A

RV

prop

hyla

ctic

regi

men

s fo

r inf

ants

bor

n to

H

IV-p

ositi

ve w

omen

who

hav

e no

t rec

eive

d an

tepa

rtum

or

intr

apar

tum

AR

T or

AR

V pr

ophy

laxi

s

Plea

se n

ote:

A

t fir

st c

onta

ct, a

ll H

IV i

nfec

ted

preg

nant

wom

en s

houl

d be

giv

en s

dNV

P ta

blet

s to

ta

ke h

ome

with

the

m. T

hey

shou

ld b

e in

stru

cted

to

take

the

tab

lets

at

the

onse

t of

la-

bour

, if l

abou

r oc

curs

out

side

hea

lth fa

cilit

y se

ttin

gs. T

hey

shou

ld a

lso

be g

iven

NV

P,

3TC

and

AZT

syr

up fo

r th

eir

babi

es to

be

adm

inis

tere

d so

on a

fter

bir

th.

Som

e w

omen

with

a C

D4

coun

t gr

eate

r th

an 2

50 c

ells

/ µl

on

Nev

irap

ine

(NV

P)-b

ased

A

RT

may

dev

elop

NV

P hy

pers

ensi

tive

reac

tions

tha

t ca

n be

life

thr

eate

ning

. In

thes

e gu

idel

ines

it is

rec

omm

ende

d th

at fo

r pr

egna

nt w

omen

with

CD

4 m

ore

than

250

, NV

P-ba

sed

reg

imen

may

stil

l be

use

d bu

t w

ith c

lose

mon

itori

ng.

Oth

erw

ise

the

reco

m-

men

ded

regi

men

to u

se w

ith C

D4

coun

t abo

ve 2

50 is

a P

I-ba

sed

HA

AR

T re

gim

en.

Whe

n si

ngle

dos

e N

VP

(sdN

VP)

is u

sed

in P

MTC

T, s

ome

wom

en a

nd c

hild

ren

may

de-

velo

p re

sist

ance

to

NV

P th

at m

ay l

imit

futu

re u

se o

f N

on-N

ucle

osid

e R

ever

se T

ran-

scri

ptas

e In

hibi

tors

(NN

RTI

s) t

o tr

eat

them

. Th

e ri

sk o

f NN

RTI

res

ista

nce

is p

artic

u-la

rly

high

if

two

dose

s of

sdN

VP

are

give

n. T

here

fore

SdN

VP

shou

ld n

ever

be

used

m

ore

than

onc

e in

any

one

pre

gnan

cy. W

here

pos

sibl

e, A

ZT /3

TC s

houl

d be

giv

en fo

r 7

days

to

cove

r th

e N

VP

tail

both

in t

he m

othe

r an

d th

e ba

by.

The

baby

is t

hen

cont

in-

ued

on A

ZT fo

r a

tota

l of 6

wee

ks fo

r pr

ophy

laxi

s ag

ains

t MTC

T.

HIV

-infe

cted

pre

gnan

t w

omen

sta

rtin

g zi

dovu

dine

(A

ZT)

cont

aini

ng r

egim

ens

shou

ld

have

hae

mog

lobi

n (H

b) le

vels

abo

ve 8

gm

/dl.

The

Hb

leve

l sho

uld

be c

heck

ed m

onth

ly

for

the

first

thr

ee m

onth

s. W

here

pos

sibl

e, A

ZT s

houl

d be

use

d in

stea

d of

sta

vudi

ne

(d4T

).

Clin

ical

judg

emen

t can

be

used

to e

stim

ate

Hb

leve

ls a

nd in

itiat

e AR

V pr

ophy

laxi

s if l

abo-

rato

ry t

ests

are

una

vaila

ble.

Efa

vire

nz (

EFV

) m

ay b

e te

rato

geni

c if

used

in t

he f

irst

tri

mes

ter.

If t

he p

atie

nt is

on

Ran

king

*T

ime

of a

dmin

istr

atio

n an

d In

fant

dos

age

Rec

omm

ende

d

sdN

VP (2

mg/

kg s

tat)

PLU

S 3T

C (4

mg/

kg B

ID) X

1 w

eek

+ AZ

T (4

mg/

kg

BID

) X 6

wee

ks

Min

imum

sd

NVP

(2 m

g/kg

sta

t)

*sdN

VP

is g

iven

to th

e in

fant

with

in 7

2 ho

urs

of b

irth

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

58

Cha

pter

7

HIV

Dia

gnos

is in

Chi

ldre

n 7.

1

INTR

OD

UC

TIO

N

In g

ener

al,

a ch

ild m

ay b

e te

sted

und

er a

num

ber

of c

ircu

mst

ance

s. T

hese

inc

lude

: sh

ortly

aft

er b

irth

for

earl

y di

agno

sis

of H

IV; f

or th

e pu

rpos

es o

f ind

ivid

ual d

iagn

osis

in

a ch

ild w

ho is

ill (

e.g.

tho

se p

rese

ntin

g w

ith a

n H

IV r

elat

ed il

lnes

s); i

n ca

ses

whe

re a

ch

ild h

as e

ither

bee

n ex

pose

d or

is p

oten

tially

exp

osed

to

HIV

e.g

. thr

ough

mot

her-

to-

child

tra

nsm

issi

on,

sexu

al a

buse

, se

xual

act

ivity

, w

ithin

a h

ealth

care

set

ting

(e.g

. th

roug

h co

ntam

inat

ed n

eedl

es o

r re

ceip

t of

pot

entia

lly in

fect

ious

blo

od),

thro

ugh

othe

r m

eans

, and

in o

rpha

ns.

Ear

ly i

nfan

t di

agno

sis

(EID

) re

fers

to

the

mak

ing

of H

IV d

iagn

osis

in

infa

nts

and

youn

g ch

ildre

n be

fore

18

mon

ths

of a

ge. E

ID g

ives

an

oppo

rtun

ity fo

r ea

rly

iden

tific

a-tio

n of

HIV

infe

cted

infa

nts

(des

pite

PM

TCT)

and

ear

ly li

nkag

e to

car

e an

d tr

eatm

ent.

Dis

ease

pro

gres

sion

in H

IV in

fect

ed in

fant

s is

fast

, with

a h

igh

mor

talit

y ra

te (>

50%

) by

2 y

ears

of a

ge. T

he m

edia

n ag

e of

dea

th in

the

first

two

year

s is

6 m

onth

s. H

IV a

nti-

body

tes

ting

amon

g ch

ildre

n ag

ed 1

8 m

onth

s or

mor

e is

abl

e to

det

erm

ine

whe

ther

a

child

is in

fect

ed o

r no

t.

Dur

ing

preg

nanc

y, m

othe

rs g

ive

thei

r ba

bies

ant

ibod

ies

to in

fect

ions

the

y ha

ve e

xper

i-en

ced

and

thes

e an

tibod

ies

wan

e w

ith ti

me.

Ant

ibod

y te

stin

g in

chi

ldre

n ag

ed le

ss th

an

18 m

onth

s id

entif

ies

child

ren

who

hav

e be

en e

xpos

ed to

thei

r m

othe

rs’ H

IV in

fect

ion

or

who

may

be

trul

y in

fect

ed a

nd a

re m

akin

g H

IV a

ntib

odie

s. C

urre

ntly

, the

re is

no

test

to

diff

eren

tiate

the

mot

her’s

ant

ibod

ies

from

tho

se p

rodu

ced

by t

he b

aby.

In

orde

r to

id

entif

y th

e H

IV-in

fect

ed c

hild

age

d le

ss t

han

18 m

onth

s, a

sec

ond

test

is r

equi

red

for

all b

abie

s te

stin

g po

sitiv

e on

ant

ibod

y te

stin

g or

kno

wn

to b

e H

IV-e

xpos

ed (m

othe

r is

H

IV-p

ositi

ve).

Infa

nt D

NA

(or

RN

A) P

CR

tes

ting

is t

he c

urre

nt r

ecom

men

ded

met

hod

for

EID

.

Sinc

e m

ost b

abie

s lo

se m

ater

nal a

ntib

odie

s (A

b) b

y 12

mon

ths,

a n

egat

ive

antib

ody

test

w

ill i

dent

ify u

ninf

ecte

d ba

bies

as

long

as

they

are

not

stil

l br

east

feed

ing.

A p

ositi

ve

antib

ody

test

at

12 m

onth

s, a

lthou

gh h

ighl

y lik

ely

to b

e di

agno

stic

, may

stil

l be

due

to

pass

ivel

y ca

rrie

d m

ater

nal a

ntib

odie

s. S

uch

test

s ne

ed t

o be

con

firm

ed b

y PC

R t

estin

g or

rep

eat a

ntib

ody

test

at 1

8 m

onth

s.

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7

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

CARE

, SU

PPO

RT A

ND

TREA

TMEN

T FO

R H

IV P

OSI

TIVE

MO

THER

AN

D CH

ILD

Cha

pter

ref

eren

ces

1.

Rep

ublic

of

Ken

ya M

inis

try

of

Hea

lth,

Div

isio

n o

f Rep

roduct

ive

Hea

lth:

Pla

nnin

g

G

uid

elin

es f

or

serv

ice

pro

vider

s.

Rev

ised

in M

arch

2006.

Foo

tnot

es

1

Pre

ble

and P

iwoz,

2001

2

WH

O:

Contr

ace

ptive

Elig

ibili

ty C

rite

ria

Guid

e

HIV

-pos

itive

mot

hers

requ

ire c

are

and

supp

ort w

hich

incl

udes

: •

Cou

nsel

ing

• P

roph

ylax

is a

nd t

reat

men

t

• Li

nk t

o su

ppor

t gr

oups

and

ass

essm

ent

of t

he n

eed

for

AR

T

• E

arly

infa

nt d

iagn

osis

sho

uld

be p

rovi

ded

at s

ix w

eeks

usi

ng D

NA

-P

CR

tes

ting

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

50

EFV

bef

ore

beco

min

g pr

egna

nt, i

t sho

uld

be s

ubsi

tute

d w

ith N

VP

in th

e 1s

t tri

mes

ter.

In c

ase

of s

ever

e hy

pere

mes

is g

ravi

daru

m, A

RT

may

nee

d to

be

brie

fly in

terr

upte

d.

On

aver

age

mot

her-

to-c

hild

tra

nsm

issi

on r

ates

are

15%

for

sdN

VP,

6.5

% fo

r m

ore

effi-

caci

ous

dual

reg

imen

s an

d 2.

4% fo

r 3-

drug

AR

V c

ombi

natio

n

Futu

re P

ersp

ectiv

es:

Ext

ende

d pr

ophy

laxi

s w

ith 3

AR

V d

rug

com

bina

tions

sta

rtin

g du

ring

pre

gnan

cy a

nd

cont

inui

ng a

fter

del

iver

y fo

r a

peri

od o

f up

to

6 m

onth

s, a

mon

g H

IV-in

fect

ed b

reas

t-fe

edin

g m

othe

rs, h

as b

een

show

n in

a f

ew r

ecen

t an

d is

olat

ed s

tudi

es a

nd p

ilot

pro-

gram

me,

to le

ad to

low

er b

reas

tfee

ding

-rel

ated

pos

tnat

al M

TCT.

Thi

s ap

proa

ch m

ay b

e co

nsid

ered

whe

re th

is is

feas

ible

, acc

epta

ble,

saf

e an

d w

here

adh

eren

ce c

an b

e as

sure

d.

Mor

e st

udie

s on

this

issu

e ar

e ex

pect

ed.

Thre

e A

RV

dru

g co

mbi

natio

ns g

iven

to

HIV

pos

itive

pre

gnan

t w

omen

who

are

not

yet

el

igib

le fo

r in

itiat

ion

of A

RTs

for

thei

r ow

n he

alth

als

o le

ad to

low

er M

TCT

and

may

be

cons

ider

ed in

pro

gram

mes

with

the

capa

city

to in

itiat

e th

e re

gim

en a

nd fo

llow

up

such

w

omen

. Suc

h in

terv

entio

n is

initi

ated

at

arou

nd 2

8 w

eeks

, or

soon

aft

er a

nd s

topp

ed

afte

r bi

rth

if C

D4

coun

t is

still

abo

ve 3

50 c

ells

/mm

3 .

App

endi

ces

Appen

dix

I:

W

HO

Clin

ical

Sta

gin

g o

f H

IV/A

IDS f

or

Adults

and A

dole

scen

ts

w

ith c

onfirm

ed H

IV infe

ctio

n.

Appen

dix

II:

Contr

acep

tive

Options

for

Peo

ple

Liv

ing w

ith H

IV.

Appen

dix

III

:

Sum

mar

y of

ARV D

rug U

se f

or

PMTCT o

f H

IV.

Appen

dix

IV:

In

tegra

ted M

onitori

ng a

nd E

valu

ation R

eport

Form

MO

H 7

26.

Cha

pter

ref

eren

ces

1

Sum

mar

y of

ARV D

rugs

Adve

rse

Effec

ts a

nd M

anag

emen

t: T

able

6-1

0,

pages

101-1

12 o

f G

uid

elin

es f

or

Antire

trovi

ral D

rug T

her

apy

in K

enya

, 3rd

Editio

n,

De-

cem

ber

2005.

2

Dru

g I

nte

ract

ions:

Tab

le 7

-10,

pag

es 1

12-1

22 o

f G

uid

elin

es f

or

Antire

trovi

ral

Dru

g T

her

apy

in K

enya

, 3rd

editio

n,

Dec

. 2005.

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5

1

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Cha

pter

5

Imm

edia

te P

ostn

atal

and

Neo

nata

l Car

e 5.

1

INTR

OD

UC

TIO

N

Imm

edia

te p

ostn

atal

and

neo

nata

l car

e re

fers

to th

e pa

ckag

e of

ser

vice

s pr

ovid

ed to

the

mot

her

and

infa

nt b

efor

e th

ey le

ave

the

heal

th fa

cilit

y (u

p to

48

hour

s) a

fter

del

iver

y.

The

peri

od p

rovi

des

an o

ppor

tuni

ty to

edu

cate

all

mot

hers

abo

ut H

IV, t

o pr

ovid

e co

un-

selli

ng a

nd t

estin

g if

it w

as n

ot d

one

prev

ious

ly, a

nd t

o re

info

rce

the

educ

atio

n pr

o-vi

ded

duri

ng t

he a

nten

atal

per

iod.

Bot

h H

IV i

nfec

ted

and

HIV

uni

nfec

ted

mot

hers

sh

ould

rec

eive

this

edu

catio

n an

d co

unse

lling

bef

ore

disc

harg

e.

5.2

OPE

RA

TIO

NA

L G

UID

ELIN

ES

The

follo

win

g gu

idel

ines

sho

uld

be fo

llow

ed fo

r all

wom

en a

nd

infa

nts

in th

e im

med

iate

pos

t par

tum

per

iod:

a)

Opt

imal

pos

tpar

tum

car

e

• R

outin

e ca

re in

clud

ing

brea

st e

xam

inat

ion,

exa

min

atio

n of

the

ute

rus,

ex

amin

atio

n of

the

per

ineu

m a

nd lo

chia

, pa

ssag

e of

uri

ne r

egul

arly

, pr

oper

hyg

iene

to

prev

ent

infe

ctio

n, c

heck

ing

for

sign

s of

ana

emia

, fe

ver

and

tach

ycar

dia

• D

iscu

ss m

ater

nal n

utri

tion

• E

stab

lish

the

HIV

sta

tus

of t

he m

othe

rs in

clud

ing

thos

e gi

ving

birt

h

outs

ide

the

heal

th in

stitu

tion

setti

ng

• P

rovi

de H

IV C

T f

or m

othe

rs w

ith u

nkno

wn

HIV

sta

tus

• E

ncou

rage

HIV

res

ults

dis

clos

ure

and

part

ner

test

ing

• F

ollo

w t

he s

tand

ard

guid

elin

es o

n th

e ca

re o

f a n

ewbo

rn (

IMP

AC

C

are

Man

ual)

• A

ll ba

bies

sho

uld

rece

ive

thei

r ro

utin

e im

mun

izat

ion

(OP

V a

nd B

CG

) in

th

eir

first

hou

rs o

f lif

e1 .

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

56

Con

trac

eptio

n A

ll m

othe

rs, r

egar

dles

s of

the

ir H

IV s

tatu

s, h

ave

a ri

ght

to r

ecei

ve a

dequ

ate

info

rma-

tion

on a

vaila

ble

met

hods

of f

amily

pla

nnin

g an

d to

mak

e an

info

rmed

cho

ice

on w

hat

is b

est

for

them

. H

IV-in

fect

ed w

omen

who

are

not

bre

astf

eedi

ng s

houl

d in

itiat

e a

re

liabl

e co

ntra

cept

ive

met

hod

by 2

-4 w

eeks

pos

tpar

tum

. Th

is i

s in

add

ition

to

the

prop

er a

nd c

onsi

sten

t us

e of

the

con

dom

as

a fo

rm o

f du

al p

rote

ctio

n. A

ll m

etho

ds o

f co

ntra

cept

ion

can

be u

sed

by H

IV p

ositi

ve w

omen

bas

ed o

n st

anda

rd m

edic

al e

ligib

ility

cr

iteri

a in

clud

ing

taki

ng c

are

of d

rug

inte

ract

ions

as

outli

ned

belo

w2 .

• La

ctat

iona

l Am

enor

rhoe

a M

etho

d (L

AM

): S

uita

ble

for

excl

usiv

ely

brea

stfe

edin

g H

IV in

fect

ed w

omen

who

hav

e no

t re

sum

ed m

ense

s.

• H

orm

onal

con

trac

eptio

n: A

ll ho

rmon

al c

ontr

acep

tives

can

be

used

in

HIV

pos

itive

wom

en in

clud

ing

thos

e on

HA

AR

T.

Com

bine

d or

al

cont

race

ptiv

es a

re c

ontr

aind

icat

ed f

or u

se w

ith d

rugs

that

indu

ce

hepa

tic m

icro

-enz

yme

that

may

red

uce

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

hor

mon

al

cont

race

ptiv

es:

Som

e an

ti-T

Bs,

ant

iret

rovi

rals

, an

tifun

gals

and

ant

i-ep

ilept

ics,

and

in c

ondi

tions

tha

t ca

use

mal

abso

rptio

n8 .

• In

tra-

uter

ine

cont

race

ptiv

e de

vice

s (I

UC

Ds)

: IU

CD

s ar

e no

t co

ntra

indi

cate

d in

HIV

pos

itive

wom

en.

In s

ever

ely

imm

uno

supp

rese

d w

omen

, use

sho

uld

not

be d

isco

ntin

ued

but

new

inse

rtio

n is

dis

cour

aged

as

it m

ay b

e as

soci

ated

with

incr

ease

d ri

sk o

f in

fect

ion

duri

ng t

he in

sert

ion

proc

ess.

• S

urgi

cal m

etho

ds: S

urgi

cal c

ontr

acep

tion

shou

ld b

e of

fere

d to

HIV

po

sitiv

e w

omen

and

the

ir pa

rtne

rs.

• B

arri

er m

etho

ds:

Fem

ale

and

mal

e co

ndom

s pr

ovid

e pr

otec

tion

agai

nst

ST

Ds

and

redu

ce t

he r

isk

of H

IV t

rans

mis

sion

and

sho

uld

be

enco

urag

ed a

lone

or

toge

ther

with

oth

er c

ontr

acep

tive

met

hods

.

• S

perm

icid

es:

Use

d in

con

junc

tion

with

bar

rier

met

hods

, spe

rmic

ides

w

ill p

rovi

de a

dditi

onal

con

trac

eptiv

e pr

otec

tion.

How

ever

, sp

erm

icid

es s

houl

d no

t be

use

d al

one

as t

hey

can

incr

ease

the

ris

k of

HIV

acq

uisi

tion.

• E

mer

genc

y co

ntra

cept

ion:

HIV

pos

itive

wom

en s

houl

d be

info

rmed

ab

out

emer

genc

y co

ntra

cept

ion,

whe

re it

is a

vaila

ble

and

how

to

obta

in a

nd u

se it

.

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5

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

Opt

imal

pos

tpar

tum

car

e fo

r HIV

pos

itive

wom

en

Loch

ia

• P

ut e

mph

asis

on

good

per

inea

l hyg

iene

and

pro

per

hand

ling

of b

ody

fluid

s

• A

void

con

tam

inat

ing

the

baby

with

bod

y flu

ids

or w

ith b

eddi

ng s

oile

d

with

loch

ia

• S

hari

ng o

f be

ds b

y m

othe

rs in

the

hos

pita

l sho

uld

be d

isco

urag

ed

Cae

sare

an S

ectio

n

B

road

spe

ctru

m a

ntib

iotic

s sh

ould

be

used

rou

tinel

y af

ter

CS

Esse

ntia

l mat

erna

l edu

catio

n an

d fo

llow

-up

• M

onito

r fo

r br

east

and

pel

vic

infe

ctio

n at

all

post

nat

al c

linic

vis

its

• E

duca

te o

n pr

ompt

hea

lth s

eeki

ng b

ehav

iour

• H

ealth

edu

catio

n on

hyg

iene

, lo

chia

and

bre

ast

care

• A

void

sex

ual i

nter

cour

se f

or a

t lea

st 2

wee

ks a

fter

birt

h or

unt

il th

ere

is

no lo

nger

any

loch

ia r

ubra

or

sero

sa

• D

o pa

p sm

ear

or V

IA a

t 4-

6 w

eeks

• F

or e

very

sex

ual a

ctiv

ity,

the

coup

le s

houl

d us

e co

ndom

s

• D

iscu

ss f

amily

pla

nnin

g at

eve

ry o

ppor

tuni

ty a

nd p

rovi

de t

he

Bre

ast c

are

in b

reas

tfeed

ing

mot

hers

• E

ncou

rage

dai

ly c

lean

ing

of t

he b

reas

ts a

nd a

void

ing

the

appl

icat

ion

of

lotio

ns

• T

reat

mat

erna

l vag

inal

can

didi

asis

and

infa

nt o

ral c

andi

dias

is

• E

duca

te m

othe

r on

opt

imal

bre

astf

eedi

ng te

chni

que

incl

udin

g la

tchi

ng

on t

echn

ique

, ex

lusi

ve b

reas

tfee

ding

and

rem

ovin

g ba

by f

rom

bre

ast

• E

duca

te th

e m

othe

r on

bre

ast c

are

to p

reve

nt c

ompl

icat

ions

(cr

acki

ng

and

engo

rgem

ent)

• E

xpre

ss a

nd h

eat

trea

t th

e m

ilk if

bre

ast

has

mas

titis

or

absc

ess

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

52

Supp

ort

infa

nt fe

edin

g op

tions

. For

all

HIV

neg

ativ

e w

omen

, wom

en o

f unk

now

n H

IV

stat

us a

nd H

IV p

ositi

ve m

othe

rs o

ptin

g fo

r ex

clus

ive

brea

stfe

edin

g, in

itiat

e br

east

feed

-in

g w

ithin

hal

f hou

r of

bir

th a

nd fo

llow

oth

er g

uide

lines

as

per

Bab

y Fr

iend

ly H

ospi

tal

Initi

ativ

e2 (B

FHI)

.

(b) S

peci

fic p

ostp

artu

m c

are

for H

IV p

ositi

ve w

omen

(c)

Spec

ific

care

for H

IV e

xpos

ed in

fant

s

• G

ive

info

rmat

ion

on fa

mily

pla

nnin

g an

d du

al p

rote

ctio

n

• C

ouns

el o

n H

IV r

isk

redu

ctio

n

• S

ched

ule

post

nata

l clin

ic v

isits

at

2 w

eeks

and

at

4-6

wee

ks a

nd

com

plet

e m

othe

r-ch

ild b

ookl

et (

refe

r to

DR

H m

anua

l)

• S

uppo

rt e

xclu

sive

bre

astf

eedi

ng u

nles

s m

othe

r ha

s ap

prop

riat

ely

opte

d fo

r an

d be

en c

ouns

elle

d on

rep

lace

men

t fe

edin

g an

tena

tally

• In

itiat

e or

con

tinue

co-

trim

oxaz

ole

prop

hyla

xis

-1 d

oubl

e st

reng

th t

ab-

let

daily

• F

or H

IV p

ositi

ve m

othe

rs t

hat

rece

ived

sd

nevi

rapi

ne in

trap

artu

m,

initi

-at

e A

ZT

300

mg

and

3TC

150

mg

BD

for

1 w

eek

• F

or n

ewly

dia

gnos

ed m

othe

rs,

do H

IV s

tagi

ng,

CD

4 co

unt

and

refe

r ap

prop

riat

ely

for

cont

inue

d ca

re

• F

or H

IV e

xpos

ed in

fant

s, a

dmin

iste

r sd

NV

P 2

mg/

kg s

tat

with

in 7

2 ho

urs.

Giv

e A

ZT

4 m

g/kg

BID

for

6 w

eeks

and

3T

C 4

mg/

kg B

ID f

or 1

w

eek.

Ref

er t

o C

hapt

er 4

• R

efer

to

Cha

pter

8 f

or d

etai

ls o

n in

fant

fee

ding

opt

ions

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3

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

C

hapt

er r

efer

ence

s 1.

Rep

ublic

of

Ken

ya M

inis

try

of

Hea

lth,

Div

isio

n o

f Rep

roduct

ive

Hea

lth:

Nat

ional

Guid

elin

es f

or

Qual

ity

Obst

etri

cs a

nd P

erin

ata

l Car

e (2

004).

2.

2. R

epublic

of

Ken

ya M

inis

try

of

Hea

lth,

Ess

ential

Obst

etri

c C

are

Man

ual

for

Hea

lth

Ser

vice

Pro

vider

s in

Ken

ya 3

rd E

ditio

n (

Jan 2

006).

Foo

tnot

es

1

WH

O r

ecom

men

ds

that

all

vacc

ines

should

be

giv

en t

o H

IV-s

ero-n

egat

ive

child

ren

and t

o a

sym

pto

mat

ic s

ero-p

osi

tive

s.

The

only

vac

cines

to b

e w

ithhel

d f

rom

child

ren w

ith s

ympto

mat

ic A

IDS a

re B

CG

and

Yel

low

fev

er v

acc

ines

. 2

The

“Ten

Ste

ps”

of

BFH

I: R

ecom

men

ded

Pra

ctic

es f

or

Mat

ernity

Ser

vice

s ad

apte

d f

or

W

HO

/UN

ICEF

1989.

Guid

elin

es for

Prev

ention o

f M

oth

er t

o C

hild

Tra

nsm

issi

on (

PM

TCT)

of H

IV/A

IDS in K

enya

(3rd

Editio

n)

54

Cha

pter

6

Late

Pos

tnat

al C

are

and

Fam

ily P

lann

ing

6.1

IN

TRO

DU

CTI

ON

La

te p

ostn

atal

car

e is

pro

vide

d to

the

mot

her

and

the

child

48

hour

s to

6 w

eeks

aft

er

deliv

ery.

Dur

ing

this

per

iod,

the

heal

th o

f the

mot

her

and

child

is a

sses

sed

and

clos

ely

mon

itore

d.

The

risk

of M

TCT

duri

ng th

e po

stpa

rtum

per

iod

can

be r

educ

ed b

y pr

ovid

ing

HIV

cou

n-se

lling

and

test

ing,

pos

t-ex

posu

re p

roph

ylax

is fo

r ex

pose

d ba

bies

, cou

nsel

ling

on a

ppro

-pr

iate

infa

nt fe

edin

g op

tions

and

bre

ast c

are.

Pos

tpar

tum

car

e fo

r H

IV p

ositi

ve w

omen

sh

ould

incl

ude

clin

ical

sta

ging

, CD

4 co

unt a

nd A

RT

for

thos

e w

ho q

ualif

y.

Fam

ily p

lann

ing

serv

ices

are

am

ong

the

core

inte

rven

tions

of P

MTC

T pr

ovid

ed to

hel

p w

omen

det

erm

ine

futu

re c

hild

bear

ing

patt

erns

inc

ludi

ng t

he p

reve

ntio

n of

HIV

-in

fect

ed b

irth

s.

Rep

rodu

ctiv

e he

alth

cou

nsel

ling

can

help

a w

oman

pra

ctis

e sa

fer

sex

and

dete

rmin

e he

r fu

ture

ch

ildbe

arin

g pa

tter

ns

on

a m

ore

resp

onsi

ble

and

in

form

ed b

asis

1. 6.

2

OPE

RA

TIO

NA

L G

UID

ELIN

ES

Opt

imal

pos

tpar

tum

car

e fo

r all

wom

en

This

ent

ails

rou

tine

care

inc

ludi

ng b

reas

t ex

amin

atio

n, e

xam

inat

ion

of t

he u

teru

s,

exam

inat

ion

of t

he p

erin

eum

and

loch

ia, p

assa

ge o

f uri

ne r

egul

arly

, pro

per

hygi

ene

to

prev

ent

infe

ctio

n, c

heck

ing

for

sign

s of

ane

mia

, fe

ver

and

tach

ycar

dia

and

doin

g pe

rine

al e

xerc

ises

.

Add

ition

al c

are

incl

udes

:

• C

ouns

ellin

g an

d te

stin

g fo

r m

othe

rs o

f un

know

n H

IV s

tatu

s •

Pro

visi

on o

f co

ndom

s an

d ris

k re

duct

ion

coun

selli

ng

• C

ouns

ellin

g on

con

trac

eptiv

e op

tions

, in

clud

ing

dual

met

hod

use

• D

iscu

ssin

g m

ater

nal n

utrit

ion

• M

alar

ia p

reve

ntio

n •

Scr

eeni

ng f

or S

TI a

nd c

ervi

cal c

ance

r