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The Red Carpet Program (RCP)  provided fast-track peer-navigated services, peer counseling, and psychosocial support at health facilities and schools in six Homa Bay subcounties in 2016. RCP training and sensitization was implemented in 50 health facilities and 25 boarding schools. Implementation of RCP was associated with significant improvement in linkage to and early retention in care among adolescent and youth.

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Topics:

Advocacy,

Pediatric HIV

Countries:

Global

Fact Sheets

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Topics:

HIV,

Pediatric HIV

Countries:

Global

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