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The National PMTCT Guidelines areintended as a hands-on tool providing guidance for individuals working on PMTCT in different sectors (public, private or NGO) on how to provide standardized and high-quality services. The guidelines were developed through a collaborative, consensus-building process involving stakeholders from a broad cross-section of organizations and individuals working in the field of PMTCT. The guidelines are updated based on in-country experience and internationally acclaimed standard recommendations. The specific objectives of the guidelines are to assist:

• Policy makers in development of PMTCT programs,
• Health service planners and program managers in program implementation, supervision, monitoring and evaluation,
• Training and educational institutions in delivering training consistent with the overall national program (i.e. the four-pronged comprehensive strategy/approach for PMTCT),
• Service providers in delivering comprehensive PMTCT services through strengthening intra and inter facility referral system at all levels and community linkages, and
• Communities in increasing ownership, capacity building and utilization of services and in making linkages to health facilities.