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Pregnant adolescent girl holding medicine Leveraging the Learning: Insights from HIV Programming for Pregnant and Parenting Adolescent Girls

This brief, the first in UNICEF's new Leveraging the Learning series, sets out to leverage the learnings from holistic, integrated, multisectoral, and age- and gender-responsive approaches to respond to and reduce

2023
LGBTQI+ Youth in Brazil Speak Up cover LGBTQI+ Youth in Brazil Speak Up.pdf

On this International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) 2023, we unveil the UNICEF Spotlight Report on the Youth Aware initiative in Brazil.

2023
The Republic of Uganda Ministry of Health: The National Pediatric and Adolescent HIV Advocacy Strategy And Road Map 2022-2026 THE NATIONAL PEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT HIV ADVOCACY STRATEGY AND ROAD MAP-3.pdf

The Republic of Uganda Ministry of Health has released its National Pediatric and Adolescent HIV Advocacy Strategy And Road Map 2022-2026, disseminated in Kampala during October 2022. 

2022
Boy wearing mask Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free: Final report on 2020 targets

In the global quest to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030, meeting the HIV-related needs of children, adolescents and pregnant and breastfeeding women represents a critical piece of unfinished business

2021
Mother with child Health Results 2020: HIV and AIDS (flyer) , Global Annual Results Report 2020 Goal Area 1 (report)

This flyer provides a quick overview of UNICEF's results within HIV and AIDS in 2020.

2021
Adolescent boy and girl looking at phone screen HIV Treatment, Care, and Support for Adolescents Living with HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa

Adolescents in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) are key to achieving the global goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

2021
ped report cover HIV Pediatrics 2020 Workshop Report

The International Workshop on HIV & Pediatrics 2020 took place virtually on 16-17 November.

2020
Frontpage of good practice guide Good Practice Guide: Integrating peer support into service delivery

This guide developed by Pediatric-Adolescent Treatment Africa (PATA) draws on lessons learned on integrating peer support strategies across several programmes in sub-Saharan Africa.

2020
Adolescent mother with child UNICEF-ESA-Young-Mothers-HIV-Report-2020.pdf

Adolescent and young mothers are a priority population for UNICEF in Eastern and Southern Africa, including those who are affected by HIV.

2020
Young woman receiving HIV test Operational Guidance for National Roll-Out of Family HIV Testing , Directives operationnelles pour la mise à l'échelle nationale du depistage familial du VIH

HIV testing and treatment remains low among children in West and Central Africa. Various barriers prevent the scale-up of services and improved coverage for children, including limited coverage of early infant diagnostic c

2020
adolescent girl smiling New Evidence and Programming Implications for Adolescent Pathways in HIV Care in Sub-Saharan Africa 2020.pdf

Adolescents have the lowest rates of retention in HIV care and ART adherence when compared to other age groups.

2020
Adolescent girl jumping AGYW catalogue of available documents (spreadsheet) , AGYW repository navigation (slides)

The AGYW Programming & Implementation Repository contains resources relevant to AGYW programming that have been collated to support enhanced implementation and programming of Global Fund Catalytic Funding for HIV preve

2020
improving service delivery Framework: Improving HIV Service Delivery for Infants, Children and Adolescents (WEB) , Framework: Improving HIV Service Delivery for Infants, Children and Adolescents (PRINT) , Worksheet: Assessing the situation

2019
Improving HIV Service Delivery for Infants Children and Adolescents cover Brief: Improving HIV Service Delivery for Infants Children and Adolescents

In June 2019, UNICEF convened a group of about 40 global experts from 24 organizations and institutions to advance the collective thinking on paediatric HIV service delivery.

2019
Adolescent-friendly health services for adolescents living with HIV: from theory to practice Adolescent-friendly health services for adolescents living with HIV: from theory to practice

This publication primarily seeks to define and clarify the key elements of adolescent-friendly health services to help ensure that adolescents living with HIV receive appropriate and effective treatment, summarize existing

2019
global snapshot cover Global snapshot , Sub-Saharan Africa snapshot , Eastern and Southern Africa snapshot , West and Central Africa snapshot

Global and regional epidemiological and response snapshots based on the UNAIDS 2019 HIV estimates.

2019
UNICEF HIV Investment cases briefs For every child, end AIDS: A private sector investment opportunity , Eliminate MTCT of HIV: A private sector investment opportunity , Prevent HIV in adolescents: A investment opportunity , Close the HIV treatment gap for children: A private sector investment opportunity

The four investment cases above highlight opportunities for the private sector to engage in the global HIV response for infants, children and adolescents in partnership with UNICEF.

2019
New Horizons Disclosure of HIV Status Toolkit Disclosure of HIV Status Toolkit for Pediatric and Adolescent Populations

This toolkit was developed by the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) with funding from a consulting agreement with Johnson & Johnson, in support of the New Horizons Advancing Pediatric HIV Care Collabor

2019
POC EID Implementation Approaches English POC EID Implementation Approaches - English , POC EID Implementation Approaches - French

Expanding access to POC early infant diagnosis: Implementation approaches and testing strategies

2018
Strengthening POC Early Infant Diagnosis Towards the Elimination of Pediatric AIDS Strengthening Point-of-Care Early Infant Diagnosis FRENCH

Susceptible de changer la donne en matière de traitement pédiatrique du VIH, le dépistage précoce du nourrisson (DPN) sur le lieu de soins est une approche innovante visant à renforcer les programmes de DPN et il amé