Research

Sources: China Former Ministry of Health, United Nations Children’s Fund, World Health Organization, United Nations Population Fund, United Nations Theme Group on AIDS in China, Clinton Foundation, United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Family Health International, Chinese PMTCT and Paediatric AIDS Experts, PMTCT and paediatrics inter-agency task team joint mission report, 21–30 April 2008 (1998-2005 data); Former Ministry of Health, 2012 China AIDS Response Progress Report, 2012 (2006-2011 data); Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, “Update on the AIDS/STD Epidemic in China and Main Response in Control and Prevention”, China Journal of AIDS and STD, 2013 and 2014 (2012 and 2013 data)

Figure 14.5
Between 1998 and 2007, mother-to-child transmission as a proportion of all new HIV cases increased steadily, from less than 0.2 per cent to around 1.5 per cent of all reported HIV/AIDS cases. With the steady promotion of PMTCT and paediatric care services by the Government of China since October 2010, the percentage of mother-to-child transmission has been brought under control.