Rationale For Private Facility Engagement:

The PPP program aims to having in place multi-sectoral model involving the government and private health care providers to provide care, support and treatment to HIV-infected pregnant women and their families. Its objectives include: 

Improve the technical capacities, skills and practices, to provide comprehensive PPTCT services, in private sector hospitals.

Increase the linkages and referrals to Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres (ICTCs), ART Centres, Care and Support Centres and other HIV/AIDS service providers in order to ensure the continuum of care

How a Private Facility Can Join the PPP Program: 

A private hospital or a clinic providing maternal and child health services is identified for partnership based upon the models formulated by NACO in order to engage with the private sector. PPP Models are those private hospitals providing mother and child health services and willing to provide PPTCT services to HIV-positive pregnant women as per the national guidelines and to report to the government. 

1. Model A – Market Led Model: Sites will use their own testing kits and will maintain and report in the registers issued by respective SACS / NACO and report every month through SIMS. Sites will be provided with technical assistance. 

2. Model B – Market Sharing Model: Sites will use NACO test kits and will maintain and report in the registers issued by respective SACS / NACO, reporting every month through SIMS. Sites will be provided with technical assistance.

3. Model C – Data Sharing Model: Sites will use their own testing kits and will maintain their own registers/formats recommended by NACO and report through HIV PULSE.