EMTCT Pre-validation Assessment Report (Draft): Triple Elimination of Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV, SYPHILIS, AND HEPATITIS B

The Ministry of Health of Bhutan formally started the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) program in 2006. Services were nonetheless provided prior to the formal PMTCT program introduction, and the first PMTCT guideline was developed in 2006. PMTCT services are integrated into the general health system and are delivered as an integral component of mother and child health services.

PMTCT is a core component under both the national strategic plans for the prevention and control of HIV/STIs (2018-2023) and viral hepatitis (2022-2026). These plans aimed to eliminate new infections among children by 2020 and end AIDs as a public health threat by 2030.