Human Immunodeficiency Virus management in pregnant women at Kupang City Hospital East Nusa Tenggara

Resumen

Introduction: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), syphilis, and hepatitis B are sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that can pass from pregnant women to their babies. Transmission of HIV, syphilis, and Hepatitis B to children from mothers’ results in morbidity, disability, and death. Indonesia has adopted the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) as a national policy, following a voluntary counseling and testing approach.