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Background:Considering the global public health priority of eliminating Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV, World Health Organization (WHO) started the initiative of Global Plan Towards Eliminating New HIV Infections Among Children by 2015 and Keeping Their Mothers Alive. Owing to those efforts, the number of children aged between 0-14 years acquiring HIV has decreased since 2011, but not rapidly enough. India is one among the 23 focus countries and while Cuba, Maldives, Thailand and recently Sri Lanka have successfully eliminated MTCT of HIV, India is lagging behind in this ambitious goal despite sustained efforts.

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