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Issue Briefs

Accelerating Progress to Ending Pediatric HIV

Published March 30, 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…

Topics:

HIV,

Pediatric HIV

Countries:

Global

Fact Sheets

The Pediatric Treatment Gap

Published March 30, 2026

Topics:

HIV,

Pediatric HIV

Countries:

Global

Resource

Protecting Lives, Sustaining Progress

Published March 15, 2026

The following landscape analysis of maternal and child health, HIV prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, and the historic strength of U.S. leadership in global aid provides an overview of these key areas of global health and recommendations for U.S. Congressional engagement and prioritization.

Topics:

Advocacy,

Children,

Global Health Security,

Health System Strengthening,

HIV,

Maternal and Child Health,

Mothers and Infants,

Women

Countries:

Global,

United States

Journal Articles

Barriers and facilitators to 6 monthly multi-month dispensing of antiretroviral therapy in HIV clinics during the COVID-19 Era in Malawi

Published December 30, 2024

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Malawi Government released a policy that promoted the scale-up of six-monthly multi-month dispensing (6-MMD) of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to people living with HIV in order to decrease congestion at health facilities and transmission of COVID-19. We evaluated the barriers and facilitators to implementing the scale-up…

Topics:

Global Health Security

Countries:

Malawi

Journal Articles

Implementing SARS-CoV-2 Testing during a Large-Scale Sporting Event in Africa

Published December 3, 2024

During the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) football tournament in Cameroon, organizers and health authorities required a negative SARS-CoV-2 test result <48 hours before entry and provided free SARS-CoV-2 testing and vaccination at stadium and fan zone entrances. We describe the outcomes and implementation of mandatory SARS-CoV-2 testing at…

Topics:

Global Health Security

Countries:

Cameroon

Journal Articles

Integrating SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing in maternal, neonatal and child health, HIV, and TB clinics in Kenya and Cameroon

Published October 30, 2024

Introduction: Early diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection is key to preventing severe disease and poor outcomes in vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women and people living with HIV or diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). We assessed outcomes achieved with the integration of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic testing (Ag-RDT) into maternal, neonatal and…

Topics:

Global Health Security,

Maternal and Child Health

Countries:

Cameroon,

Kenya

Journal Articles

Follow-Up Outcomes of Children, Adolescents, and Young People on Darunavir-Based Third-Line Antiretroviral Therapy

Published October 30, 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…

Topics:

Adolescents,

Pediatric HIV

Countries:

Cameroon,

Eswatini,

Kenya,

Lesotho,

Nigeria,

Rwanda,

Uganda,

Zambia,

Zimbabwe

Issue Briefs

Building a Future of Health

Published October 2, 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…

Topics:

Pediatric HIV,

Tuberculosis (TB)

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Issue Briefs

Building Trust for Global Health

Published October 2, 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…

Topics:

HIV,

Pediatric HIV