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This report, produced by UNAIDS, UNICEF and Avenir Health, shows that the significant progress for children affected by HIV over the past two decades are at risk. The analysis models the potential impact of declining resources for HIV programmes and quantifies what reduced intervention coverage could mean for children’s lives in the years ahead.…

There is overwhelming evidence that multiple social, economic, and structural factors perpetuate inequalities and increase human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk among adolescents, including poverty and other vulnerabilities addressed by social protection programmes. To better understand the role of social protection in addressing these complex…

This report examines the structural barriers impeding equitable access to HIV testing, treatment initiation and long-term adherence – essential elements for sustaining health and well-being for children, adolescents and young women. Rooted in socio-cultural norms, gender disparities and systemic inequalities, these barriers obstruct progress by…

This toolkit is designed to assist you systematically in developing a communication and advocacy strategy ensuring the success of the Global Alliance Country Action plans. The best way to use this toolkit is to work through each stage, thinking through the questions and gathering input from communities, partners, other team members, and…

Through its systems-strengthening work, UNICEF addresses both the immediate challenges faced by children, adolescents and pregnant women living with HIV, and the structural factors such as poverty, lack of education and gender-based violence (GBV) that increase the risks of HIV infection for children, adolescents and young people. This means…

Implenting WHO's evidence-based interventions. , Implementing WHO evidence-based interventions for adolescents and young adults living with and affected by HIV Implementing WHO evidence-based interventions for adolescents and young adults living with and affected by HIV Implementing WHO evidence-based interventions for adolescents and young adults living with and affected by HIV ISBN 978-92-4-…

The PrEP landscape has evolved significantly in the three years since the original brief was released, both in scale and variety. Global PrEP provision has grown rapidly, from fewer than two million cumulative PrEP initiations to over 6.5 million5. In addition, in several countries across ESA, AGYW now have a choice of two or more PrEP options,…

Highlights from Global Alliance action plan for Zimbabwe. 

This status report shows how far we have come—and how much further we must go—if we hope to meet the global commitments to end AIDS in children. It offers a snapshot of global progress and permits an early assessment of the impact of the Global Alliance’s work. This report highlights the transformative work that is being undertaken in Global…

Collective action across multiple sectors has brought the world closer than ever to ending AIDS as a public health threat. There were fewer new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths in 2023 than at any point since the mid-1990s. The progress is especially strong in sub-Saharan Africa, which is home to approximately 78% of children (0–14 years)…, Ending AIDS among children by eliminating vertical transmission of HIV and ensuring universal access to testing and treatment for children remains a critical, yet unfinished, piece of the global AIDS response. Closing the gaps in treatment and prevention is both feasible and a moral obligation to ensure that every child and adolescent has access…, Cameroon Source: UNAIDS epidemiological estimates, 2022 (https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/). Figure 1. New HIV infections among children (014 years) and antiretroviral coverage among pregnant women, 20102021 Figure 2. Antiretroviral treatment coverage among children (014 years) and adults (15+ years), 20102021 Figure 3. Percentage and number of new…

UNICEF's AIDS 2024 Roadmaps outline conference and pre-conference sessions related to vertical transmission, children, adolescents and HIV, which will take place in connection with the 25th International AIDS Conference in Munich, Germany, between 19-26 July, 2024.  In collaboration with WHO and UNAIDS, UNICEF is organizing the satellite session…

This toolkit — prepared by members of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Nigeria and Atlanta, the University of Nigeria, the Healthy Sunrise Foundation, and the National AIDS and STI Control Program of Nigeria — provides implementers with the background, procedures, and resources/tools to support the implementation of Baby…