COVID-19: What Paediatric HIV Programmes Need to Know
Webinar 2: Paediatric and Adolescent HIV Programme Delivery
On 28 May 2020, UNICEF's Children and AIDS Learning Collaborative held the second session in a new series of webinars on COVID-19, children, pregnant women and HIV.
The webinar covered:
COVID-19: What Paediatric HIV Programmes Need to Know
On 20 April 2020, UNICEF's Children and AIDS Learning Collaborative held the first in a new series of webinars on COVID-19, children, pregnant women and HIV.
The webinar covered:
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
The International AIDS Society (IAS) is organizing a series of webinars on the topic of COVID-19 and HIV to discuss the pandemic and its impact on people living with HIV. Through these webinar sessions, the IAS would like to provide an opportunity for discussion around the latest science, in addition to sharing learning and best practices in relation to COVID-19 and HIV between countries at different stages of the pandemic, especially in lower- and middle-income countries.
COVID-19 Update for Healthcare Professionals
What You Now Need to Know
Webinar: Updates from CROI 2020 on pregnant women, children, adolescents and HIV
Thursday, 26 March, 2020 9:00–10:30 AM EST
Dr. Lynne Mofenson, Senior HIV Technical Advisor at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, shared an overview of the latest science on HIV/AIDS related to women, children and adolescents presented virtually at CROI 2020.
This multi-country case study from the UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office highlights important HIV-specific interventions that were integrated into the emergency cyclone response in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe during and after Cyclone Idai in March 2019.
5 February 2020
The global community has committed to eliminating mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT), also known as vertical transmission, of HIV and syphilis as a public health priority. In 2014 the World Health Organization (WHO) released the first edition of the Global guidance on criteria and processes for validation: elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis. In 2015 the Global Validation Advisory Committee for EMTCT was established and that same year the first country, Cuba, was validated. The second edition of the guidance, published in 2017, captured the learning from validation efforts, making it more relevant for high burden countries, expanding the capacity of maternal and child health services to address vertical transmission of communicable diseases.
This third version includes guidance for validation of elimination of vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV), within the Triple Elimination Initiative (EMTCT of HIV, syphilis and HBV).
Uganda leads in HIV testing and treatment innovations for children
Since 2015, Uganda has been implementing two innovations to improve care for HIV-exposed infants and young children living with HIV. The combination of point-of-care testing for early infant diagnosis of HIV and new better-tasting paediatric HIV medicines are improving care for children in Uganda, saving lives.
