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This brief illustrates EGPAF’s evolving role in Rwanda over these last 20 years. From expanded access to prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission to creating greater accessibility to point-of-care technology to ensure earlier HIV testing and antiretroviral treatment initiation of HIV-exposed infants, EGPAF programming has made a lasting impact on women, children and families of Rwanda.

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Journal Articles

Follow-Up Outcomes of Children, Adolescents, and Young People on Darunavir-Based Third-Line Antiretroviral Therapy

Published October 2024

Background: We assessed clinical outcomes among children, adolescents, and people younger than 25 years on darunavir-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 9 sub-Saharan African countries. Setting: Third-line ART centers in Cameroon, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Methods: From January 2019 to December 2022, we collected data from a cohort of children, adolescents, and young people […]

Topics:

Adolescents,

Pediatric HIV

Countries:

Cameroon,

Eswatini,

Kenya,

Lesotho,

Nigeria,

Rwanda,

Uganda,

Zambia,

Zimbabwe

Journal Articles

A Longitudinal Assessment of Interruptions in HIV Clinic Visits and Virologic Failure among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the Kabeho Study

Published October 2024

Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for women with HIV is recommended for life, yet most studies measure retention in HIV care and treatment as a binary outcome rather than patterns of intermittent clinic attendance. Pregnancy and the post-partum period are critical times to study interruptions in care, as retention among these women is particularly challenging and can […]

Topics:

Maternal and Child Health

Countries:

Rwanda

Issue Briefs

Building a Future of Health

Published October 2024

An Unspoken Crisis: Children Are Being Left Behind In 2022, one child died every six seconds. The causes of most of those deaths were preventable. This is unacceptable. Whereas countries have the tools and knowledge to end preventable deaths and suffering in children, children face inequalities in access to health care. Parliamentarians play a critical […]

Topics:

Pediatric HIV,

Tuberculosis (TB)