Implementing a Comprehensive Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Program for South African Couples

"Protect Your Family intervention is a manualized, closed, structured behavioral risk reduction program targeting HIV, stigma, disclosure, communication, intimate partner violence (IPV), PMTCT knowledge, safer conception, family planning and dual method sexual barrier use.~Intervention participants will attend 3 prenatal weekly 2 hour gender-specific (male or female, 5-7 participants) group sessions followed by 1 individual counseling session and 2 monthly couples or individual (women-only) counseling sessions (1 prenatal, 2 postpartum) led by study-trained clinic staff (e.g., nurses, HIV counseling and testing (HCT) counselors) plus standard of care (PMTCT)"