COVID-19: Paediatric and adolescent HIV programme delivery

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:

• Scientific updates on COVID-19 and HIV co-infection
• Research on clinical outcomes in children, SARS CoV-2 infection and the emerging multi-system inflammatory syndrome
• Impacts on and programmatic adaptations of HIV and SRHR programmes
• Voices from health care providers at the frontline of the pandemic.

Speakers included:

• Dr. Lynne Mofenson, Technical Research Advisor at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)
• Maria Vivas Alicea, HIV/AIDS Specialist, UNICEF Lesotho
  Shadrack Mutembei, Country Director and Shasha Mahkauta, Youth and Gender Coordinator, Help Lesotho
• Moses Bwire, Executive Director, Peer-to-Peer Uganda (PEERU)
• Violette Nabatte, PATA member; Paediatrian and Head of Paediatric and Adolescent Services, Mildmay Uganda Hospital.