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News October 13, 2026

Request for Proposals: Bridge Funding for Dutch HIV Cure Cohort Infrastructure

Aidsfonds is pleased to announce a targeted Call for Proposals for Bridge Funding for Dutch HIV Cure Cohort Infrastructure. To preserve the Netherlands' leading role in global HIV cure research, this one-time strategic funding aims to prevent the loss of valuable cohort infrastructure and participant engagement during the current transition between major structural funding cycles. The call is strictly intended to secure operational continuity, stabilize biobanking pipelines and retain core technical staff. It cannot be used to launch new, independent clinical studies.

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APIPHCARE+ Project

Nigeria has one of the largest paediatric HIV epidemics in the world. More than 200,000 children and adolescents are living with HIV, yet many remain undiagnosed or start treatment too late. Children are less likely than adults to be tested, linked to care and receive lifesaving treatment. Many children are missed because they fall outside routine prevention and testing services. Children born to mothers who were not tested during pregnancy, who acquired HIV during breastfeeding, or who were delivered outside health facilities often remain invisible to the healthcare system. Without early diagnosis and treatment, HIV can quickly become life-threatening for children. APIPHCare+ helps close these gaps by finding children living with HIV, linking them quickly to treatment and supporting them to stay in care. Working across communities and health facilities in Rivers State, Nigeria, the project brings together healthcare workers, community counsellors, traditional birth attendants and local authorities to identify children who have been missed by existing services.

Communities Children, Young people

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Afya-Watoto

In the Ilala, Igunga and Geita districts in Tanzania, many children living with HIV, particularly those under the age of 10, remain invisible to the health system. Stigma, shortages of testing supplies and paediatric medicines, limited specialist healthcare staff, and weak community support systems prevent children from being diagnosed and accessing life-saving treatment. Afya-Watoto changes this. Meaning 'Health for Children', the project actively finds children living with HIV who have not yet been reached by health services. Afya-Watoto creates a network of support around every child by connecting families, schools, communities and health facilities. Combined with data-driven targeting, this approach helps identify children at risk earlier, link them to treatment faster, and provide the ongoing support they need to remain in care and thrive.

Communities Children

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Bringing Paediatric HIV Services to the Last Mile

Many children living with HIV in Malawi remain undiagnosed or are not receiving the care they need, particularly in remote and underserved communities. This project brings HIV testing, treatment and support directly to children and families in Phalombe, Mulanje and Chikwawa districts, ensuring that children who are often missed by traditional health services can be identified, linked to care and supported to stay healthy.

Communities Children, Young and adolescent women

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Closing the Paediatric HIV Testing and Treatment Gap

Too many children living with HIV in South Africa's Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces are never diagnosed or enter treatment too late. This project helps change that by using community-led approaches to find children who are missed by existing services.

Communities Children

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Paediatric HIV Partnership

The Paediatric HIV Partnership (2026-2030) brings together community-led organisations, health facilities, government authorities and paediatric HIV experts to find children aged 0-14 who are being missed and connect them to lifesaving treatment and care. It is currently implemented in Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania, with expansion to Mozambique planned. The partnership uses evidence-based, community-led approaches to identify children living with HIV, strengthen referral and follow-up systems, and build sustainable collaboration between communities, health facilities and governments.

Communities Adolescents, Children, Young women

News September 21, 2026

The ActHIVate Fund: Request for Proposals

Aidsfonds is proud to announce the first Request for Proposals under the ActHIVate Fund, a new pooled funding mechanism designed to strengthen community-led HIV responses for and by trans and men who have sex with men (MSM) communities in contexts where access to healthcare remains severely restricted.

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Aidsfonds is interested in working together to further strengthen community leadership, increase HIV prevention choices, and improve treatment outcomes and quality of life of people living with or exposed to HIV. We want to talk to anyone who shares our dream and wants to join us on a journey toward a world free of AIDS.

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