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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 26.
Published in final edited form as: Glob Public Health. 2012 Nov 26;8(3):326–341. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2012.745010

Table 1. Description of national policies reviewed.

Country World Bank classification HIV prevalence among pregnant women Document(s) reviewed Release date of document General or specific to pregnant women
Cambodia Low-income 0.90%

  1. Ministry of Health's VCCT Policy

  2. Ministry of Health's National Guidelines for PMTCT

  1. Apr 2007

  2. Oct 2005

  1. Part of document specific to pregnant women

  2. Document specific to pregnant women
China Upper-middle income 0.05% Ministry of Health's Handbook for Preventing AIDS: Mother-to-Child Transmission Techniques Sept 2005 Document specific to pregnant women
Guyana Lower-middle income 1.55% Ministry of Health's National Guidelines for HIV Testing and Counselling Dec 2007 Part of document specific to pregnant
Haiti Low income 3.80% Guide to the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Haiti 2005 Document specific to pregnant women
India Lower-middle-income 0.36% Ministry of Health's Operational Guidelines for Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres July 2007 Part of document specific to pregnant women
Jamaica Upper-middle income 1.60% National HIV/STI Programme Ministry of Health-Jamaica ‘Integrating Treatment Care and Support with Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission Services: Implementation Guidelines for Health Care Workers’ June 2006 Document specific to pregnant women
Kenya Low income 6.10% Ministry of Health/National AIDS and STD Control Programme ‘Guidelines for HIV Testing in Clinical Settings’ 2004 Part of document specific to pregnant women
Moldova Lower-middle income 1.10%

  1. Plan for the Surveillance of HIV in Moldova 2005-2009

  2. Standard Epidemiological Surveillance of HIV/AIDS (Ministry of Health & Social Protection Order No. 20)

  3. Law on prevention and control of HIV/AIDS nr. 23-XVI

  1. 2007

  2. Jan 2007

  3. Feb 2007

 Part of documents specific to pregnant women
Papau New Guinea Lower-middle income 1.28%

  1. Papua New Guinea Voluntary Counselling and Testing Policy & Guidelines

  2. HAMP Act

  1. Jul 2006

  2. Jul 2003

 Part of documents specific to pregnant women
Russian Federation Upper-middle income 1.10% Order of Ministry of Health No. 606 ‘Instruction on the preventive measures of transmission of HIV-infection from mother to infant during pregnancy, delivery and infancy’. Dec 2003 Document specific to pregnant women
South Africa Upper-middle income 18.80% National Department of Health: Policy and Guidelines for the Implementation of the PMTCT programme Feb 2008 Document specific to pregnant women
Sudan Lower-middle income 1.60% Federal Ministry of Health/Sudan National AIDS Control Program: National Guidelines for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission July 2007 Document specific to pregnant women
Swaziland Lower-middle income 33.40% Ministry of Health and Social Welfare: Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV Guidelines 2006 Document specific to pregnant women
Tanzania Low income 6.50% Ministry of Health and Social Welfare: National AIDS Control Programme's ‘Guidelines for HIV Testing and Counselling in Clinical Settings’ July 2007 Part of document specific to pregnant women
Ukraine Lower-middle income 1.40%

  1. Ministry of Health's Order No. 786/796/4074/299/231 Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission and the Provision of Medico-Social Help to Children with HIV/AIDS

  2. Ministry of Health's Decree #415 Protocol of Voluntary HIV/AIDS Testing

  1. Nov 2006

  2. Aug 2005

 Documents specific to pregnant women
United States High income 0.60% CDC MMWR: Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing in Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings Sept 2006 Part of document specific to pregnant women
Uzbekistan Lower-middle income 0.20% Ministry of Health's ‘Sanitary Laws and Norms on HIV Testing’ no. 0187 Oct 2005 Part of document specific to pregnant women
Zambia Lower-middle income 17.00% DRAFT: Ministry of Health National Protocol Guidelines Integrated Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS Dec 2007 Document specific to pregnant women
Zimbabwe Low income 20.10% Zimbabwe National Guidelines on HIV testing and counselling Oct 2005 Part of document specific to pregnant women