Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Department of Health
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breastfed and the
mother is on lifelong
ART, then at the sixweek
visit a PCR HIV
test is conducted, the
infant NVP is stopped
and CTX is started.
If the PCR test is
negative, the mother
continues breastfeeding
for six months and
CTX continues until the
breastfeeding is stopped
and the infant tests
negative for HIV. The
infant is tested every six
weeks.
Once the breastfeeding
is stopped, a Rapid HIV
test must be done at 18
months.
If the PCR test is
positive, there must be a
prompt referral for ART.
The status of the child
must be confirmed with
a viral load test. The
mother must exclusively
breastfeed for two years.
Infant CTX is continued.
breastfed and the
mother is not on
lifelong ART:
At six weeks a PCR test
is conducted, the infant
NVP continues and CTX
is started.
If the PCR test is
negative, the mother
continues exclusive
breastfeeding for six
months and the NVP is
continued until
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