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Within Reach: Ending AIDS for Every Child

We stand at a historic moment. After decades of progress in HIV prevention, treatment, and care, an AIDS-free generation is finally within reach. In the last 20 years, 1.5 million deaths have been averted among children. UNICEF is committed to ending AIDS by 2030—we know what works; we just need to scale it up and sustain it.

The Challenge

Since 2000, the number of new pediatric infections has decreased significantly, but despite incredible progress, children and adolescents, especially girls, are being left behind. In 2023:

Only 57 percent of children with HIV received treatment, compared to 77 percent of adults.
Every day, almost 300 children and adolescents died from AIDS-related causes.
71 percent of new HIV infections among adolescents occurred in girls and young women.
Outside sub-Saharan Africa, one in three pregnant women living with HIV still lacked access to lifesaving treatment.

This is the moment for renewed global efforts to reach the last mile to end AIDS in children and adolescents.

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The Investment Opportunity

Every dollar invested in HIV prevention generates up to $6.44 in economic returns in low- and middle-income countries. Yet resources allocated to HIV fall short of global targets each year. UNAIDS calls for an investment of USD $29 billion by 2025 to meet the needs of low- and middle-income countries for HIV prevention and treatment services, integration and other health services, societal enablers, and managing and tracking the response.

Why UNICEF?

As the world’s leading organization for children and a technical agency, UNICEF brings extensive experience, unique strengths, and proven results to the HIV/AIDS response. Under current resource constraints, UNICEF's multi-sectoral engagement and capabilities are critical for efficient and effective care delivery.

Expert Staff & Global Reach

Over 100 technical experts deployed across 37 priority countries.
Present with HIV programs in nearly 100 countries.
Largest operational capacity of any international provider of HIV programming for children.

Systems Approach

Integration with education, child protection, and social protection.
HIV-sensitive, gender-informed programming.
Strengthening both health facilities and community systems.

Innovation & Scale

Digital platforms for youth engagement.
Ability to take successful programs to national scale.
Work towards enabling access to cutting-edge PrEP alternatives.

Emergency Response

Maintaining essential services during crises.
Long-term presence before, during, and after emergencies.

Read more about investing in HIV/AIDS through UNICEF HERE.

Our Track Record

Working with partners like CDC/PEPFAR, the Global Fund, and ViiV Healthcare, and through the United Nations Joint Programme on AIDS, we have achieved:

3.4 million HIV infections in children prevented.
15 countries certified as having halted vertical transmission of HIV.
82 percent of pregnant women living with HIV receiving treatment.

Investment Options

Option 1: Core Resources for Results

If you believe in the simple mission ‘for every child,’ this option may be for you. The unique challenges related to HIV may be of strong interest, but you also recognize that it takes support across all areas of a child’s life to ensure their well-being. Core Resources for Results, known in UNICEF as RR, is our most prized resource because it enables predictability and flexibility to achieve the greatest impact and efficiency by maintaining them as ‘unrestricted,’ reducing transaction costs and maximizing the funds that can go straight to children. Each year, 16 percent of total RR funding goes to achieving outcomes in HIV. You can designate a portion or all of your partnership to Core Resources for Results. Each year, we will share an engaging report that shows how your contribution played a part in achieving impact for children across all facets of their lives.

Option 2: HIV Thematic Funds

If you or your institution is dedicated to HIV, then you may want to consider UNICEF’s HIV Thematic Funds. Like RR, these funds provide high levels of predictability and flexibility while enabling you to target your funding to HIV results. You can designate your contribution to achieving global aims or to a specific country. The flexibility of thematic funds gives UNICEF the opportunity to balance the needs against the immense challenges facing children today and our ambitious targets. An HIV report shared with you each year will highlight a collection of key achievements, learnings, and stories of children’s experiences.

Read more about investing in the Thematic Fund HERE

Option 3: Specific HIV Priorities

For some of you, your organizational mission or your passions may lead you to fund a specific program. UNICEF has a long history of developing strategic partnerships to meet partners’ priorities and philanthropic goals. We also work with partners to complement financial investment with the technical expertise of their corporation or institution or by joining forces to advocate for nutrition. These bespoke partnerships see donors build long-term relationships with our experts and country offices to develop lasting and powerful initiatives that endure and can be scaled up to benefit children in the long term.

Strategic Investment

Here's what strategic investment in UNICEF can achieve:

$12 million can help close the treatment gap in 12 priority countries, increasing coverage by 25 percent.
$10 million can provide comprehensive support in three high-prevalence Southern African countries.
$1 million can ensure thousands of pregnant women receive and stay on HIV treatment.
$500,000 can build capacity for gender-responsive HIV services in a high-burden country.

Join Us

UNICEF is 100 percent voluntarily funded. Your support can help unlock the potential of existing investments and bring us closer to ending AIDS by 2030. Every investment brings us closer to an AIDS-free generation.