This article discusses the limited quantities of data concerning long-term durability of first-line ART regimens and time to transition to second-line among pediatric populations. Through a pediatric cohort study, this study team found that high rates of first-line failure and attrition were identified in children within 5 years after ART initiation. Of children meeting failure criteria, only one-third were transitioned to second-line ART within 5 years.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Topics:
Pediatric HIV,
Tuberculosis (TB)
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 […]
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Topics:
HIV,
Pediatric HIV