While 81% of pregnant women living with HIV were receiving antiretrovirals in 2021, only 52% of children living with HIV are currently receiving ART
In 2021, there were an estimated 160,000 new HIV infections in children (0-14 years)
An Alliance Led by Global Partners, Countries and Communities
Time is running out for children and adolescents
Countdown to 2030
What We Do
Vision: An end to AIDS in children, achieved through a strong, strategic and action-oriented alliance of multisectoral stakeholders at national, regional and global levels that works with women living with HIV and their families, national governments and partners to mobilize leadership, funding and action to end AIDS in children by 2030.
Focus: The work of the Global Alliance will be aligned to four pillars:
- Early testing and optimized comprehensive, high quality treatment and care for infants, children, and adolescents living with HIV to achieve universal coverage of ART and viral suppression;
- Closing the treatment gap for pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV and optimizing continuity of treatment towards the goal of elimination of vertical transmission;
- Preventing new HIV infections among pregnant and breastfeeding adolescents and women and;
- Addressing rights, gender equality, social / structural barriers that hinder access
Launch of the Global Alliance
Who We Are
