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Receiving and Storing Dried Blood Spots - DBS - Laboratory Job Aid.pdf | CDC-Atlanta Maternal Child HIV Branch and International Lab Branch, in collaboration with partners, have developed tools to support health care workers and laboratorians to provide services to HIV-exposed infants, includin |
2018 | |
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Guidance on Competency Assessments for POC EID Testing , Abbott-mPIMA Form , Cepheid-Xpert HIV 1 Quality Form | Regular assessments of the competency of POC EID device operators are crucial for ensuring the quality of the testing procedure at an individual level, and can also serve as a key component of a POC EID quality assurance ( |
2018 | |
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A child-centred approach for HIV programs | As part of their basic human rights, children need access to the best health care possible, safe water to drink, nutritious food, and a clean and safe environment to grow and develop to their full potential. |
2018 | |
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Family-based index case testing to identify children with HIV | Paediatric HIV treatment coverage is stagnating. The most recent estimates suggest that only 46% of children living with HIV are on treatment, well below the AIDS Free target of 1.6 million by the end of 2018. |
2018 | |
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Engaging community and faith-based organizations to deliver PMTCT and pediatric HIV services | To reach global pediatric HIV targets, efforts must extend beyond clinic doors. |
2018 | |
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Addressing the service delivery needs of children of key populations | Motherhood is common among female sex workers (FSWs) and many have at least one biological child. |
2018 | |
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Providing peer support for adolescents and young people living with HIV | WHO recommends peer support, including peer counseling, for adolescents and young people living with HIV age 10-24 years (AYPLHIV). |
2018 | |
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Preventing and treating tuberculosis among children living with HIV | Tuberculosis (TB) is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in children living with HIV (CLHIV), particularly in TB endemic settings. TB in CLHIV is a |
2018 | |
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Meaningful engagement of adolescents and young people in national and local HIV programming | Adolescents and young people (AYP) (10-24 years) are being left behind in the HIV response, with high levels of new infections, and lower levels of diagnosis and treatment coverage than adults. |
2018 | |
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Providing differentiated service delivery to children and adolescents | Children and adolescents living with HIV (CALHIV) have a lifetime of antiretroviral therapy (ART) ahead of them. |
2018 | |
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Point-of-care testing as a solution for timely early infant diagnosis | Despite remarkable progress in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), 160,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2016. |
2018 | |
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Sensitizing health workers to providing responsive care for adolescents and young people living with HIV | The 95-95-95 targets will only be achieved with zero discrimination, including within healthcare settings. |
2018 | |
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Scaling up optimal antiretroviral treatment for children: A long overdue intervention | To achieve an AIDS-free generation, optimal treatment options for all infants and young children living with HIV must be available, tolerable and most importantly, effective. |
2018 | |
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Approaching 2020: Scaling up key interventions for children and adolescents living with HIV | Urgent and ambitious 2020 global targets are on the horizon, yet there has been insufficient progress in paediatric and adolescent HIV to date. |
2018 | |
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Strategies to improve retention of mother-baby pairs in PMTCT programs | Approximately half of HIV infections among children take place during breastfeeding. |
2018 | |
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Women - At the Heart of the HIV Response for Children.pdf | This publication shares the perspectives of women from all over the world, including policymakers and researchers, doctors and campaigners who are helping lead the HIV response for women and children. |
2018 | |
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HIV-sensitive Social Protection - Report (2018) | HIV-sensitive Social Protection: With focus on creating linkages between social cash transfer programmes and HIV services describes an intervention aiming to strengthen the linkages between HIV services and nation |
2018 | |
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All In in Eastern and Southern Africa Report (2018) | Building on the collaborative effort that resulted in tremendous progress in scaling up lifesaving anti-retroviral treatment and preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa region (ESAR), |
2018 | |
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Social Protection Policy Briefs (2018) | Social Protection and HIV: Research Implications for Policy by UNICEF, the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Inter-Agency Task Team on Children Affected by AIDS (RIATT-ESA) and the Coalition for Children Affect |
2018 | |
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Research Summary - Q2 2018 Newsletter | 2018 |