Governance Guidance for the Validation of Elimination of Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV and Syphilis: An Overview of Validation Structures and Responsibilities at National, Regional and Global Levels

This governance guidance provides further detail on the standardized structure and processes used to validate the elimination of the mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and syphilis. This publication serves alongside and as a supplement to the Global guidance on the criteria and processes for validation: elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis (global EMTCT guidance), the four country assessment tools on EMTCT of HIV and syphilis and the pre-assessment tool on EMTCT of HIV and syphilis and termed path to elimination (PTE). In the interim between the publication of this governance guidance in 2020 and the planned third edition of the global EMTCT guidance elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, the governance structures and processes in this publication serve as the most current methods to be applied to the country review and validation process.