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EGPAF's Response to UNAIDS Global Data Brief
Published June 16, 2026
The latest UNAIDS Global Data Brief estimates 94,000 children acquired HIV in 2025. But this doesn't show the full picture.
Topics:
Pediatric HIV
Countries:
Global
News
Children living with HIV ‘not getting treatment needed’ as aid cuts hit services
Published June 10, 2026
EGPAF President Doris Macharia is featured in The Independent on the persistent treatment gap facing children living with HIV, emphasizing that ending pediatric HIV is no longer a scientific challenge but a matter of strengthening health systems and reaching families with the services they need.
Topics:
Pediatric HIV
Countries:
Global
News
EGPAF’s Analysis of PEPFAR Data Reveals a Pediatric HIV Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
Published April 30, 2026
A new analysis of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief’s (PEPFAR) fiscal year 2025 data by the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) reveals alarming declines across every indicator in the pediatric HIV cascade. HIV testing among children fell 34% and treatment initiations declined 13%. Most starkly, 54,000…
Topics:
Pediatric HIV
Countries:
Global
News
NPR: He's one reason why aid cuts weren't as dire for the HIV population as predicted
Published March 19, 2026
An NPR report highlights how U.S. HIV/AIDS funding cuts are disrupting care and threatening progress. EGPAF Regional Director Dr. Caspian and Ismail, community health worker and alumnus of EGPAF Ariel Camp, are quoted, underscoring the impact on communities.
Topics:
HIV,
Pediatric HIV
Countries:
Uganda,
United States
News
The Daily Maverick: Africa’s gains against paediatric HIV are real, fragile and at risk
Published February 9, 2026
EGPAF’s Director of Public Policy and Advocacy Rhoda Igweta writes about the sustained, equitable, and coordinated action needed to end HIV in children.
Topics:
Pediatric HIV
News
France24: Africa's healthcare faces crisis after Trump's aid cuts
Published June 1, 2025
Since Trump’s return to the White House, US international aid has drastically decreased, affecting millions of people, particularly in Africa. Doris Macharia, President of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, was FRANCE 24’s guest, and she highlighted the stakes of Trump’s aid cuts in Africa, as member of the…
Topics:
Pediatric HIV
News
Science.org: Left behind - In Lesotho and Eswatini, U.S. budget cuts threaten to wipe out years of progress against HIV
Published May 27, 2025
On 14 May, Temalangeni Dlamini, 20, traveled 10 kilometers from her rural home in southern Eswatini to the Matsanjeni Health Centre for the first check-up of her pregnancy, which was already 8 months along. Dlamini was hoping to give birth at the clinic, which required an evaluation beforehand. The…
Topics:
Pediatric HIV
News
Christianity Today: Aid Cuts Could Disrupt Historic Drops in Child and Maternal Mortality
Published May 7, 2025
A community health worker in Uganda, after losing his US-funded salary in the foreign aid cuts, continued doing his health-outreach work as a volunteer—and in a rural community he found a very sick child with HIV who had stopped receiving the antiretroviral treatment that keeps him alive and prevents…
Topics:
Pediatric HIV