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
The Vatican Platform for High-Level Dialogues
Rome 1
April 2016
A) Intern. Conference: Roadmap for the future of children living with HIV;
B) Meeting with rep. of pharmaceutical and diagnostic industries in the Vatican
Concept
Outcomes
Rome 2
May 2016
Consultation organized by Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Caritas Internationalis, UNAIDS, PEPFAR on "Fast-Trackng Paediatric HIV Diagnosis and Treatment"
Concept
Outcomes
Rome 4
Dec 2018
High-Level Dialogue to address remaining bottlenecks to quickly identify HIV-infected children (diagnostics) and link them to optimal regimes.
Concept
Rome 5
Nov 2020
Virtual High-Level Dialogue on Paediatric HIV and TB in Children Living with HIV
Concept
The Vatican platform/initiative has helped:
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Elevating the technical discussions around the challenges on paediatric HIV;
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Calling several stakeholders to partner and work more closely together even outside of “traditional” partnerships;
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The Vatican High Level Dialogues have helped to identify the challenges, define targets and move forward with some concrete solutions – Key: collaboration within the AIDS Free Working Group; and the contribution of the Global Accelerator for Paediatric Formulations (Gap-f)