PREVENTING HIV AND UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES ... - UNFPA

About thisframeworkThis framework supports the 'Global Plan Towards the Elimination ofNew HIV Infections among Children by 2015 and Keeping their MothersAlive'. It is a product of The Inter-agency Task Team (IATT) for Preventionand Treatment of HIV Infection in Pregnant Women, Mothers, and theirChildren and was developed by the IATT Working Group on PrimaryPrevention of HIV and the Prevention of Unintended Pregnancies inWomen Living with HIV (now included with the Integration Working Groupunder the re-configured IATT).The framework is compliant with the Greater Involvement ofPeople Living with HIV (GIPA) Principle. People living with HIVwere included in all stages of the framework developmentprocess, including conceptualization, drafting, and review.In addition, organizations and networks of people living withHIV, led jointly by GNP+ and ICW, undertook a consultation toprovide their input to the framework and share their broaderperspectives on how the elimination of mother-to-childtransmission of HIV (eMTCT) is impacting upon their lives ii ,and how programming could be strengthened to support ahuman rights-based response.ii. Vital Voices: Recommendations from consultations with people living withHIV on the IATT’s Strategic Framework for PMTCT Components 1 and 2.International Community of Women Living with HIV and Global Network ofPeople Living with HIV, 8 April 2011.www.gnpplus.net/images/stories/Empowerment/consultations/ICW_GNP_Recommendations_PMTCT_Framework_Final.pdfiii. E-consultation on PMTCT Components One and Two. ICW and GNP+,29 November–20 December 2010 in Vital Voices: Recommendations fromconsultations with people living with HIV on the IATT’s Strategic Framework forPMTCT Components 1 and 2. International Community of Women Living withHIV and Global Network of People Living with HIV, 8 April 2011. Appendix B(1).www.gnpplus.net/images/stories/Empowerment/consultations/Appendix_B1_PMTCT_E-consultation_Report_April_2011.pdfiv. Expert Teleconference on PMTCT Components One and Two. ICW andGNP+, 24 January 2011 in Vital Voices: Recommendations from consultationswith people living with HIV on the IATT’s Strategic Framework for PMTCTComponents 1 and 2. International Community of Women Living with HIV andGlobal Network of People Living with HIV, 8 April 2011. Appendix B(4).www.gnpplus.net/images/stories/Empowerment/consultations/Appendix_B4_PMTCT_Experts_Teleconference_Report_April_2011.pdfNote on TerminologyElimination of mother-to-childtransmission of HIV (eMTCT)There has been a shift from preventing mother-to-childtransmission of HIV to eliminating such transmissionas reflected in the global targets 2011–2015 (seeIntroduction). People living with HIV have indicatedthat the term ‘elimination’ of mother-to-childtransmission is difficult as it fails to recognize thatHIV is not just a virus but is part of people’s lives,affecting how the community relates to them on everylevel iii . Particularly when used alone (‘elimination’) itis also perceived to be derogatory, since, if taken outof context, without qualifying terms, it can seem toconnote an end to the lives of people living with HIV.The term ‘elimination’ can:■ evoke fear and be disempowering for people livingwith HIV;■ prevent people from accessing necessary servicesand, subsequently, from being able to preventtransmitting HIV to their child, if these services areassociated with the term; and■ be understood to mean eliminating women livingwith HIV or infants living with HIV in order toeliminate mother-to-child transmission. iiiThe term ‘elimination’ should not be used alone,as a short-hand or as a slogan. Stakeholdersmust carefully consider choice of terminology inprogramming to ensure definitions are clear, notnormative, clouded in ambiguity or value laden. Thisdocument uses the terms elimination of mother-tochildtransmission or eMTCT, never ‘elimination’ onits own. ivPreventing HIV and Unintended Pregnancies: Strategic Framework 2011–2015 i