This study examines price-per-test of standard very early infant HIV testing. Results highlight key considerations for countries scaling up very early infant diagnosis, per World Health Organization recommendations. Read more
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Issue Briefs
Accelerating Progress to Ending Pediatric HIV
Published March 2026
We are at a critical inflection point for children affected by HIV. In 2024 alone, 120,000 children were newly infected, and, without timely treatment, half of HIV positive infants will not reach their second birthday. Children remain left behind—a child with HIV is 6 times more likely to die than an adult without timely diagnosis. […]
Topics:
HIV,
Pediatric HIV
Countries:
Global
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Effectiveness of a Multi-component Facility-based Intervention on HIV-related Infant and Maternal Outcomes
Published April 2025
Introduction Even in the context of widespread access to prevention of vertical HIV transmission (PVT) services, health system challenges compromise health outcomes for women living with HIV and their children. The “Integrated Management Team to Improve Maternal-Child Outcomes” (IMPROVE) study measured the effect of a package of facility-based interventions on PVT and maternal and child […]
Countries:
Lesotho
Journal Articles
An integrated, multidisciplinary management team intervention to improve patient‑centeredness, HIV, and maternal‑child outcomes in Lesotho
Published December 2024
Background Reducing perinatal HIV transmission and optimizing maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes in high HIV prevalence settings is an urgent, but complex, priority. Extant interventions over-emphasize individual-level provider and patient behaviors, and neglect critical health systems-level changes. The ‘Integrated Management Team to Improve Maternal-Child Outcomes (IMPROVE)’ study implemented a three-part, patient-centered, health-systems- level intervention […]
Topics:
Maternal and Child Health
Countries:
Lesotho