TABLE 1. Situation with the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and congenital syphilis in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as of 2014–2016.
Country |
National strategic plan for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis (CS) |
Guidelines and protocols on PMTCTc |
Collection of data sufficient to analyze CS elimination |
National information system |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Argentina |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
British Virgin Islands |
Yes |
NRd |
NR |
NR |
Yes |
Chile |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Dominican Republic |
Yes, 2011–2015 |
NR |
Yes, 2014 |
Yes |
Yes |
El Salvador |
Yes, 2015 |
Yes |
Yes, 2015/2016 |
Yes |
Yes |
Guatemala |
Yes, 2012–2016 |
Yes |
Yes, 2013 |
NR |
NR |
Guyana |
Yes |
NR |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Haiti |
Yes, 2010–2015 |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Honduras |
Yes |
No |
NR |
No |
No |
Panama |
Yes, 2014 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Paraguay |
Yes, 2014 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Peru |
Yes, 2017–2021 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Trinidad and Tobago |
No |
NR |
Yes, 2014 (in draft and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines) |
Yes |
No |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Uruguay |
Yes, 2015 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Venezuela |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Source: Prepared by the authors, based on the study results.
MCH = maternal and child health.
SRH = sexual and reproductive health.
PMTCT = prevention of mother-to-child transmission.
NR = not reported.