This case study – A glimpse of the future: eliminating new HIV infections among
children and keeping their mothers alive – illustrates how a comprehensive
approach to the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (eMTCT),
following the framework provided by The Global Plan towards the elimination of
new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive (The
Global Plan)1
can be operationalized in practice.
In May 2011, Rwanda’s First Lady, Jeannette Kagame, launched the country’s
national eMTCT initiative.2
Government leadership and commitment to the process,
along with the active involvement of local, regional and international partners led
to the development of The National Strategic Plan for Elimination of Mother to
Child Transmission of HIV in Rwanda (2011–2015), released in February 2012.