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Evaluation of PPTCT program
Overview
The purpose of the evaluation was to see the extent to which PPTCT programme was successful in reaching HIV positive women and their families with the package of PPTCT services such as counselling, testing, referrals (as needed), ART treatment, safe delivery and breast feeding practices, and early infant diagnosis (EID).
The evaluation also reviewed how the District Family Health Model helped in increasing identification and referrals into PPTCT services, capacity and competencies of PPTCT providers, provider biases, stigma and attitudes, factors that hindered or helped in accessing PPTCT services, gender and rights based design and implementation of PPTCT services, and linkages with relevant MCH programme and HIV Treatment and Care centres for long term sustainability.
The findings of the evaluation will assist HIV programme managers and national/provincial health departments to address placement of centres, practice and capacity gaps in PPTCT programmes according to province specific needs. Most importantly the evaluation seeks to help UNICEF and government stakeholders in increasing programme coverage to reach at least 60% of eligible HIV positive women and their families with responsive services.
The evaluation objectives are:
• Assess the effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the PPTCT programme
• Evaluate the efficacy of the HIV risk screening criteria and tool used in the District Family Health Day model
• Assess the referral chain (of at risk women) and linkages with PPTCT services (for HIV positive women), retention rates, and compliance with PPTCT protocols.
• Determine the efficacy and reduction in transmission rates from HIV positive mother to infants born, during labour/delivery, breast feeding, and linkages with Paediatrics care services (for eligible children).
• Estimate the costs of averting HIV infections in infants in Pakistan as a result of PPTCT services.
Report Details
| Year Published | |
| Type | |
| Joint | No |
| Partner/s | N/A |
| Consultant name | |
| Agency Focal Point | Lovemore Mhuriyengwe |
| Focal Point Email | lmhuriyengwe@unicef.org |
| Managed by Independent Evaluation Office | No |
| Geographic Scope | Country |
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