Every mother’s dream is to have a healthy baby. NSACP provide services for antenatal mothers to deliver a baby free of any mother-to-child transmitted STD in collaboration with the Family Health Bureau and Maternal and Childcare Services of the Ministry of Health.
NSACP provide services for Antenatal women for prevention, testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. With the implementation of the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission program island wide service provision and testing of pregnant mothers are integrated into the maternal and child health care package through the local medical officer of health.
Services provided
- Prevention information for adolescents, premarital counselling, and antenatal mothers.
- Providing IEC material to all antenatal mothers at the clinic and mothers who attend STD clinics.
- Screening every pregnant mother who attends the antenatal clinics with HIV and syphilis testing.
- Providing treatment and care services and follow-up to antenatal mothers who are diagnosed with syphilis, HIV, and other Sexually transmitted infections.
Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and syphilis in Sri Lanka
The elimination of MTCT of HIV and syphilis will help to improve a broad range of maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes and also directly contribute to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), specifically MDGs 4 and 5, which aim to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health, and MDG 6, which aims to reduce the spread of HIV, malaria, and other diseases.
The Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme was launched in the year 2002. In 2013 this programme was improved as an EMTCT programme and measures were taken to scale up testing services among pregnant women throughout the country aiming at reaching >95% testing of pregnant women for HIV by the end of 2016. Most of the provinces of the country have already initiated the programme. Sri Lanka has satisfactory MCH services with more than 99% of the antenatal population receiving antenatal care and delivering in health care institutions. The term “validation” is used to attest that a country has successfully met the criteria for EMTCT of HIV and/or syphilis at a specific point in time. “Validation of EMTCT of HIV and/or syphilis” implies that countries will also need to maintain ongoing, routine, effective programme interventions and quality surveillance systems to monitor EMTCT of HIV and/or syphilis.
Global indicators for validation for the elimination of MTCT of HIV and syphilis.
Impact indicators:
- <50 new paediatric HIV infections per 100,000 live births
- <50 new congenital syphilis cases per 100,000 live births
- Mother-to-child HIV transmission rate <5%
- ANC coverage at least one visit >95%
- Coverage of HIV and syphilis testing of pregnant women >95%
- ARV coverage of HIV-positive pregnant women of >95%
- Treatment of syphilis seropositive pregnant women >95%
Process indicators:
According to the available statistics Sri Lanka has already achieved the impact indicators and is ready for application for the WHO validation certificate.
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| Published Year | Title | Circular Number |
| 2017 | Management of healthcare workers following occupational exposure to blood and other body fluids and post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV | No. 01 - 19/ 2017 |
| 2016 | The Programme for Elimination of Mother to Child transmission of syphilis and HIV (EMTCT of syphilis and HIV ) in Sri Lanka | No. 01 - 59/ 2016 |
| 2016 | Programme for Ending AIDS by 2025 in Sri Lanka | No. 01 - 51/ 2016 |
| 2014 | The Programme for Elimination of Mother to child transmission of syphilis and HIV (EMTCT of syphilis and HIV) in Sri Lanka | No. 02 - 02/ 2014 |
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EMTCT Programme Guidelines
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EMTCT Programme Policies
| Published Year | Title |
| 2011 | National Maternal and Child Health Policy |
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EMTCT Programme Health Talks
| Title |
| Health talk on PMTCT of Syphilis & HIV |
| Health talk on prevention of HIV & STI among women prevention of HIV & STI among women |
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EMTCT Programme Formats and Tools
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EMTCT Programme Other Documents
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