Ahead of AIDS 2026, the 18th International Workshop on Pediatrics & HIV brings together researchers, clinicians, and program implementers focused on advancing pediatric and adolescent HIV care.
Team EGPAF will present findings from Tanzania, Côte d’Ivoire, and Cameroon covering pediatric HIV death audits, peer-led approaches to viral load suppression, and persistent gaps across the pediatric HIV cascade, contributing EGPAF’s country-level evidence to the global conversation on closing the gap for children living with HIV.
SCHEDULE
Opening Words
Saturday, July 24, 2026 | 8:00 am
EGPAF’s Lynne Mofenson will join Elaine Abrams to open the 18th International Workshop on Pediatrics & HIV.
Debate: Lenacapavir PrEP Will End the Pediatric HIV Epidemic
Sunday, July 25, 2026 | 11:05 am
EGPAF’s Lynne Mofenson and Lloyd B. Mulenga (Ministry of Health Zambia) will discuss the potential role of lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable PrEP, to expedite the end of pediatric HIV.
Posters
Dr. Akwila Temu, Senior Technical Advisor, EGPAF-Tanzania
From Mortality Review to Mortality Reduction: The Importance of Embedding Routine Pediatric HIV Death Audits in Tanzania
Adapting and Implementing the Zvandiri Peer-Led Approach to Improve Viral Load Suppression among Children, Adolescents and Young People Living with HIV in Côte D’Ivoire
Persistent gaps across the pediatric HIV cascade in the Littoral and South Regions of Cameroon: a five-year retrospective cohort analysis, 2019-2023
E-Posters
Dr. Emile Nforbih Shu, Public Health Evaluation Officer, EGPAF-Cameroon
Antiretroviral Treatment Interruption and Return-to-Care Outcomes Among Children and Adolescents Living with HIV in Two Regions of Cameroon, 2025
Closing Persistent Paediatric HIV Diagnosis Gaps Through Targeted and Enhanced Case Identification: Evidence from Dodoma Region, Tanzania
Decreasing trend in pediatric HIV testing and case identification: Data insights and lessons learned from Cameroon’s Littoral and South regions, 2019-2024
Interested in learning more about the workshop?
Meet Our Delegation
Our experts will be at the workshop speaking and sharing insights from across EGPAF’s programs.
Doris Macharia
Lynne Mofenson
Roland van de Ven
Cathrien Alons
