We are living in a decade of renewed global commitments to ending the vertical transmission of HIV. The world is now more than ever united in the drive to ��welcome an HIV free generation��. Evidence demonstrates that with concerted efforts and strategic investment, there is the opportunity to see a global reduction of 50% in HIV incidence in women of reproductive age, in line with global targets. A reduction to ��zero�� in the unmet need for family planning among HIV��positive women, a reduction to less than 5% in the risk of mother��to��child transmission of HIV, and access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for 90% of eligible HIV��positive women, are also deemed achievable. However, the virtual Elimination of Mother��to��Child Transmission (EMTCT) faces substantial challenges in low and middle income countries (LMICs) like Uganda. Key including �� the Ministry of Health (MoH), the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC), the Ministry of Local Government, the Ministry of Finance, other key ministries, parliamentarians, AIDS development partners, civil society and faith based organisations, the private sector and communities of people living with HIV (PLWHIV) �� need to come together to achieve these ambitious targets.
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