Paediatric HIV Care
Worldwide 1.7 million children live with HIV. Not even half of them access treatment and care. Without medication, 50% will die before age two. This is unacceptable. So Aidsfonds developed the Kids to Care model. See below what this is about and join us in bringing kids to care!
Paediatric HIV Care
Worldwide 1.7 million children live with HIV. Not even half of them access treatment and care. Without medication, 50% will die before age two. This is unacceptable. So Aidsfonds developed the Kids to Care model. See below what this is about and join us in bringing kids to care!
Why children are left behind in HIV care
A high number of children living with HIV and pregnant women are still unaware of their HIV status or not able to start and continue treatment. They have to deal with long distances to a health facility, lack of means to cover transport to a clinic or to ensure healthy nutrition, limited knowledge about HIV prevention and treatment, as well as with stigma and traditional healing believes. At health facility level, staff is often overburdened and not sufficiently trained to offer child-friendly services. Paediatric HIV medicines are not always in stock. This all makes children and pregnant women not accessing health services to enroll in appropriate and life-saving HIV care and support.
The Aidsfonds paediatric HIV approach
Our approach comprises five components that mutually reinforce each other: community-based programmes; linking & learning; strategic partnerships, advocacy and research. With this comprehensive package we are determined to reach the following goals:
- All children living with HIV are supported to start and continue their treatment and live healthy lives
- Appropriate and child-friendly HIV treatment is available, accessible and affordable for all children and their caregivers
- All pregnant women living with HIV receive treatment and their children are born and remain HIV free
The Kids to Care model
Aidsfonds works in collaboration with governments and local partners, to test and scale up community-based HIV programmes. These are based on our Kids to Care model which:
• Empowers communities to find and support pregnant women and children living with HIV
• Strengthens the links between communities and health facilities.
Community health workers are a crucial link at all four stages of HIV care for children: find, test, start and stay. It means children can live healthily with HIV.
Results of three years of the Aidsfonds paediatric HIV approach
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Continued support for children in times of COVID19
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Read the news itemWake up! Our children are dying
"It does require a huge commitment, politically, financially but also from civil society to ensure that children are not left behind," says Shaun Mellors, director of programmes and technical assistance at ViiV Healthcare Positive Action. "We see Aidsfonds as a very important strategic partner to Positive Action but also to the global agenda to end paediatric AIDS."
Watch the video with Shaun Mellors' call to end paediatric AIDS
Where we work
In 2016 Aidsfonds piloted and further developed the community intervention model for paediatric HIV in the Towards and AIDS-Free Generation in Uganda programme. Based on its positive results and valuable lessons including sustainability we contextualized and rolled out the model in Zimbabwe and Kenya in 2018.
Currently the model is being implemented in 6 African high-burden countries to successfully find missing children in need of HIV treatment, care and support.
Our partners
Dive into our work
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Paediatric HIV Breakthrough Partnership
Supporting children with HIV and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic
Lafiyan Yara Project: Midline Assessment report
Lafiyan Yara Baseline Assessment report
COVID-19 and Gender - 4 ways to keep gender in focus
Aidsfonds World AIDS Day Report 2019
Aidsfonds Paediatric HIV Research 2019
Village Savings and Loan Associations intervention - 2pager
Village Saving and Loans Associations intervention in Uganda study report
Communities taking lead in reaching all children living with HIV - Mid term report
Clinic-Community Collaboration Toolkit
Community Intervention model for reaching all children exposed to HIV
Summary findings from TAFU2 baseline study
Towards an AIDS Free Generation in Uganda (TAFU) Program: Endline Survey Conducted in Serere, Moroto,Napak, Mubende and Mityana Distrcts
Towards an AIDS Free Generation in Uganda - Endline report TAFU1
How to increase uptake of HIV tests for HIV-exposed babies
Towards an AIDS Free Generation in Uganda - Flyer
Summary Evaluation report ‘Are You On The Right Track' Workbook in Zimbabwe
Psychosocial Support Source Book for vulnerable children in Malawi
Three proposals granted in last year’s call
Consultancy paediatric HIV projects: research and report writing
Continued funding for KidzAdherence Clubs in South Africa
Lafiyan Yara project in Nigeria continues for three more years
SAfAIDS’ pDTG approach adopted by Zimbabwean government
Age-appropriate disclosure – lessons from a paediatric HIV exchange visit
Call for consultancy: Develop the Kids to Care Toolkit
The power of linking – results from a paediatric HIV exchange visit
Accelerating access to paediatric Dolutegravir for children living with HIV
New programme accelerates roll out of paediatric HIV medication
2nd Pediatric and Adolescent HIV Learning Collaborative for Africa (PAHLCA)
Joint children and HIV advocacy statement to feed UNAIDS PCB
Fighting COVID-19 and HIV: a daunting task
Paediatric HIV Breakthrough Partnership kicks off
Raising child-friendly COVID-19 awareness saved lives
Results UNAIDS strategy session to end HIV in children, adolescents, and families
Grandmother stays resilient despite COVID-19 challenges
Facilitation of expert clients to follow up on ARV adherence during COVID
UNAIDS report shows global 2020 targets not met
ViiV Healthcare announces FDA approval of first-ever dispersable HIV medication
Impact of Aidsfonds COVID Response Funding in Uganda
"During the suspension of our activities, we modified the focus"
How to tell children the truth in a child-friendly way?
Wake up, our children are dying: launch of Kigali declaration
Health GAP and Aidsfonds join forces for community-led paediatric HIV advocacy
Action meeting on paediatric HIV care in Mozambique
Get in touch with our experts
Are you interested to know more about the paediatric HIV approach or how to participate in scale-up of the Kids to Care model? Or do you want to share your thoughts on our work around paediatric HIV care? Do not hesitate to get in touch! Our paediatric HIV experts will be happy to hear from you: Sabrina Erné, Silvia Jongeling and Eliane Vrolings.
