Fact Sheet: EMTCT PLUS Initiative 2011-2021. Impact of COVID on Maternal and Child Services and EMTCT Programs in Latin America and in the Caribbean

A 2020 modelling study quantified the extent to which such disruptions in services for HIV in high burden and low- and middle-income countries. The greatest impact on HIV appeared to be from interruption of ARV, that could also impact the risk of HIV MTCT. Reproductive and sexual health campaigns as well as prenatal care services have been negatively impacted, making it more difficult to prevent vertical transmission of HIV. To track and better understand the extent of the disruptions to essential health services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region of the Americas...