《Box 7.3》.pdfVIP

Box 7.3 Regional initiatives towards eliminating new HIV infections among children Region Main features of each regional initiative Europe • The Strategic Framework for the Prevention of HIV Infections in Infants in Europe (6) set targets to prevent children from acquiring HIV infections, with high-level political commitment. • The regional plan (6) supports universal coverage of HIV testing during pregnancy and promotes access to interventions for preventing mother-to-child transmission for people who inject drugs. • The first regional progress report towards eliminating mother-to-child transmission was published in January 2011 (10) . • The European Action Plan for HIV/AIDS 2012–2015 (7) aims to reduce vertical transmission to less than 2% among children who are not breastfeeding populations and to less than 5% among children who are breastfeeding by 2015. Americas • A dual initiative to eliminate congenital syphilis and mother-to-child transmission of HIV was adopted in 2009 (11) . • A regional monitoring strategy was published in 2010 (8) . • The first progress report is scheduled to be released soon ( 12) . Asia-Pacific • A dual elimination initiative was launched in August 2011: Elimination of new paediatric HIV infections and congenital syphilis in Asia-Pacific 2011–2015: conceptual framework and monitoring and evaluation guide (9) . • The regional plan supports a common systematic approach to dual elimination and outlines a strategy that HIV,