COVID-19: What Paediatric HIV Programmes Need to Know - Planning for Reopening
COVID-19: What Paediatric HIV Programmes Need to Know
Webinar 3: Planning for Reopening
On 29 June 2020, UNICEF's Children and AIDS Learning Collaborative held the third session in a series of webinars on COVID-19, children, pregnant women and HIV.
The webinar covered:
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AIDS 2020 UNICEF Spokespersons
23rd International AIDS Conference 6 – 10 July 2020
Available UNICEF Spokespersons
Questions and Answers for Adolescents Living with HIV in Time of COVID-19
This questions + answers brief was developed by UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Offices in partnership with Y+ and country-level networks of adolescents and young people living with HIV (A&YPLHIV). The questions are directly from A&YPLHIV and were the most common questions submitted through social media. They focus on key concerns specific to A&YPLHIV about COVID-19.
The Q+A is available for download in English and Spanish.
Strengthening Paediatric TB and HIV Case Finding at the Frontline: TB/HIV Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM)
Community and primary health facility platforms have been recognized as important, but under-utilized entry points to address the large prevention, case detection and treatment gaps faced by young children with TB and/or HIV. In 2014, WHO and UNICEF revised community health worker packages for integrated community case management (iCCM) targeting children under five years of age, to include screening and referral for TB and HIV (TB/HIV iCCM). As part of an integrated, child-centered approach, TB/HIV iCCM is recommended for use in high TB and HIV burden settings.
Developed by UNICEF and Save the Children, Lessons from the Field (Uganda, Nigeria, Malawi) and Guidance (under development) are available for download.
Preventing Widening Inequalities - COVID 19
We must ensure that our response takes into account existing inequalities and does not worsen barriers for those that are most in need.
Prioritizing the Continuity of Services for Adolescents Living with HIV during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This information note is intended for use by policy makers, programme managers, and major funders of the health sector response to HIV, in contexts where COVID-19 poses a threat to service continuity for adolescents living with HIV, within national COVID-19 responses. The document succinctly summarizes what we know about COVID-19 risks in this vulnerable population, offers key considerations for safeguarding HIV treatment service continuity, and emphasizes sexual and reproductive health, mental health and psychosocial support as priority needs.
AIDS 2020 Roadmap
The full programme of the alternative community-led HIV 2020 conference with events from July to October, 2020 is also available for download.
Differentiated Service Delivery and COVID-19 Response Webinar Series
ICAP at Columbia University, the DSD initiative of the International AIDS Society (IAS) and the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) lead a series of south-to-south discussions about DSD and COVID-19.