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This study reviewed five databases and literature assessing screening outcomes of children ages 0-5 to present a summary on sensitivity and specificity of child HIV risk screening tools. It presents critical information on HIV risk screening tools and whether or not these should be used widely to limit use of valuable HIV tests to those who most need diagnostics.

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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

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)

Little girl's hands

Issue Briefs

Building Trust for Global Health

Published October 2024

Most causes of deaths in children could be prevented with effective treatment and interventions that are feasible for implementation, even in resource-constrained settings. However, appropriate medicines to save and improve the lives of infants and children often do not exist, are unavailable, or are not quality assured. This puts children’s lives at risk, hindering the […]

Topics:

HIV,

Pediatric HIV