Guidelines for the Clinical Management of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Myanmar (Third Edition)

Guidelines have to be standardized and simplified as much as possible, while maintaining some flexibility, so that they may be used by the largest number of health personnel who do not need to be specialist to carry out Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) treatment for the maximum benefit of a large number of pregnant women. The public health approach is a balance between the best proven strategy and what is feasible on a large scale in resource limited setting.