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Looking Forward: How to End Pediatric AIDS in Our Lifetime
Published September 12, 2024
We see a future where pediatric AIDS does not exist.This is how it happens. It Starts with a Family Elizabeth Glaser contracted HIV in a blood transfusion in 1981 while giving birth to her daughter, Ariel. Elizabeth had unknowingly passed the virus on to Ariel through…
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Journal Articles
Influence of the SARS-COV2 Pandemic on Access to Healthcare Services Among People Living with HIV and its Subsequent Effects on Antiretroviral Therapy Uptake in Malawi
Published September 4, 2024
The global disruption caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic profoundly affected healthcare systems, particularly impacting People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (PLHIV). This study investigated the repercussions of SARS-CoV-2 infection on access to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care and antiretroviral therapy (ARV) in Malawi, emphasizing the critical need to sustain uninterrupted…
Topics:
Global Health Security
Countries:
Malawi
Journal Articles
Effectiveness of a Community-based Approach for the Investigation and Management of Children with Household Tuberculosis Contact in Cameroon and Uganda
Published August 25, 2024
Background Globally, the uptake of tuberculosis-preventive treatment (TPT) among children with household tuberculosis contact remains low, partly due to the necessity of bringing children to health facilities for investigations. This study aimed to evaluate the effect on TPT initiation and completion of community-based approaches to tuberculosis contact investigations in Cameroon…
Countries:
Cameroon,
Uganda
Journal Articles
Effect of COVID-19 on Paediatric TB Service Delivery and Patients’ Comfort Receiving TB Services in Cameroon and Kenya During COVID
Published August 25, 2024
Background The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused a setback to the gains achieved in tuberculosis (TB) control by impairing TB diagnosis, delaying treatment initiation and aggravating TB deaths. This study explored the effect of COVID-19 on paediatric TB services provided through the Catalysing Paediatric TB Innovations (CaP-TB) project among caregivers…
Topics:
Global Health Security,
Tuberculosis (TB)
Countries:
Cameroon,
Kenya
Issue Briefs
Addressing Child & Adolescent Tuberculosis Case Finding Gaps in Africa
Published August 19, 2024
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant and ongoing public health challenge in Africa, with the continent bearing a disproportionate burden. Seventeen of the 30 countries with the highest TB burden globally are African nations.1 In 2022, an estimated 322,000 children and young adolescents (under 15 years) in…
Topics:
Advocacy,
Tuberculosis (TB)
Issue Briefs
Investing in Tuberculosis Control in Africa
Published August 19, 2024
In 2022, 1.3 million children became ill with tuberculosis (TB) and 250,000 children died of the illness globally. Africa is disproportionately burdened by TB, with 17 of the 30 highest TB burden countries located on the continent. The region reported 2.5 million new TB cases and 424,000 deaths from…
Topics:
Advocacy,
Tuberculosis (TB)
Journal Articles
Improving COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Testing of Exposed Individuals in Cameroon using Digital Health Technology: a Cluster Randomised Trial
Published August 17, 2024
Background Contact tracing was described as a key strategy to contribute to controlling the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome of Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) but implementing it can be a challenge. Digitalisation of contact tracing is among the proposed solutions being explored in sub-Saharan African settings. We assessed the effectiveness…
Topics:
Global Health Security
Countries:
Cameroon
News
Actor and Comedian Donald Faison helps fight pediatric AIDS on ABC’s Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Published August 14, 2024
Host Jimmy Kimmel’s challenging questions during the celebrity edition of ABC’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire took on special meaning this week when actor and comedian Donald Faison joined the primetime program to raise funds to combat pediatric AIDS. Faison displayed his signature wit and intelligence – and…