HIV TREATMENT
2020
Action 27. Mobilize their networks and work with communities to help build treatment literacy, generate demand, and expand access to ARVs among children.
Action 34. Increase efforts to share information on the roll-out of new paediatric formulations, including lessons learned.
Paediatric HIV & TB : Rome Action Plan
All partners commit to:
163. Address inequities by tackling the stigma and discrimination in communities, schools, and healthcare settings that prevent children living with HIV from accessing testing and treatment.
164. Increase literacy about CD4 testing and viral load and promote a client-centred approach to support expansion of access to viral load for pregnant and breastfeeding women and children on treatment, including at the point-of-care.
165. Review and assess emerging co-infections for immunocompromised infants and children, including those with advanced HIV disease, such as severe bacterial infections, fungal infections, and others for country consideration and implementation.
166. Engage affected communities for input and guidance on investment and programmatic priorities, provide support to in-country civil society organizations to engage in advocacy and demand creation for new tools, and ensure data is publicly available to support communities and civil society to monitor progress regarding uptake and implementation of essential diagnostic tools.
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UNAIDS commits to:
308. Continuing to support countries to produce estimates of children newly infected with HIV, children living with HIV, and AIDS related deaths among children, along with key indicators around treatment coverage and prevention of vertical transmission, towards the UNAIDS Global report in July. In addition, in collaboration with UNAIDS’ Reference Group on Estimates Modelling and Projections, UNAIDS will continue to pursue methods for collecting robust data on children and HIV.
308. June 2023:
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In 2022-2023 UNAIDS conducted 9 HIV Estimates and Identifying Inequalities workshops across all regions, reaching approximately 620 participants from 120 countries, including representatives of the Ministries of Health, National AIDS Programs, global partners, and UNAIDS regional and country offices. UNAIDS engaged co-facilitators from 14 partner organizations ensuring the harmonization of data used by global partners.
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UNAIDS continuously cooperates with the UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates, Modelling, and Projections to further enhance the methods and understanding of the HIV epidemic and populations left behind.
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The newly developed epidemiological estimates are guiding national programs and the efforts of global partners, including the Global Fund and the PEPFAR. PEPFAR Country Operational Planning, with the distribution of about $8 billion within the next two years, is primarily based on the 2023 round of UNAIDS estimates.
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The UNAIDS 2023 Global AIDS Update is underway. The 2023 Global Report will be aired on July 13th, 2023, before the 12th International AIDS Society (IAS) 2023 Conference on HIV & Science. The 2023 round of UNAIDS estimates, including on children newly infected with HIV, children living with HIV, and AIDS-related deaths among children, along with the key indicators around treatment coverage and prevention of vertical transmission, will also be released on AIDSinfo | UNAIDS at the end of July 2023.
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UNAIDS supports the featured Prime Sessions speakers of the 12th IAS 2023 Conference on HIV & Science by sharing the 2023 Global AIDS Update and specific data requests under embargo ahead of the conference.
UNAIDS will provide its annual 2023 Global Update on the HIV Epidemic in Children, Adolescents, and Women on July 21-22, 2023, at the 15th International Workshop on HIV & Paediatrics.
UNAIDS commits to:
450. Support countries to collect and report data on TB-HIV co-infection, TB treatment initiation and outcomes in children living with HIV.
308. October 2023:
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In 2022-2023 UNAIDS conducted 9 HIV Estimates and Identifying Inequalities workshops across all regions, reaching approximately 620 participants from 120 countries, including representatives of the Ministries of Health, National AIDS Programs, global partners, and UNAIDS regional and country offices. UNAIDS engaged co-facilitators from 14 partner organizations ensuring the harmonization of data used by global partners.
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UNAIDS continuously cooperates with the UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates, Modelling, and Projections to further enhance the methods and understanding of the HIV epidemic and populations left behind.
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The newly developed epidemiological estimates are guiding national programs and the efforts of global partners, including the Global Fund and the PEPFAR. PEPFAR Country Operational Planning, with the distribution of about $8 billion within the next two years, is primarily based on the 2023 round of UNAIDS estimates.
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The UNAIDS 2023 Global AIDS Update and the 2023 Global Report was aired on July 13th, 2023, before the 12th International AIDS Society (IAS) 2023 Conference on HIV & Science. The 2023 round of UNAIDS estimates, including on children newly infected with HIV, children living with HIV, and AIDS-related deaths among children, along with the key indicators around treatment coverage and prevention of vertical transmission released on AIDSinfo | UNAIDS in July 2023.
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UNAIDS provided its annual 2023 Global Update on the HIV Epidemic in Children, Adolescents, and Women on July 21-22, 2023, at the 15th International Workshop on HIV & Pediatrics.
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UNAIDS supported many featured Prime Sessions speakers of the 12th IAS 2023 Conference on HIV & Science by sharing the 2023 Global AIDS Update and specific data requests and analysis produced for the speakers ahead of the conference.
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UNAIDS supported the 9th Global Validation Advisory Committee Meeting for elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus
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UNAIDS provides an ongoing support to the TWG for the development of an updated implementation framework for Triple Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus
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UNAIDS provides an ongoing support to the Global Alliance Communication and Advocacy TWG to inform the WAD report key messages re peds HIV
450. October 2023:
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The 2023 UNAIDS Global AIDS Monitoring (GAM) data, including treatment of TB-HIV co-infection, TB preventive treatment initiation and completion have been collected, validated, and will be released on AIDSinfo | UNAIDS in Q4 2023.