Republic of Liberia National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan 2015 - 2020

The strategic plan focuses on preventing new HIV infections in order to maintain a low HIV prevalence in the next six years. The NSP aims to reduce new HIV infections by 50% by 2020; intensify the provision of quality and accessible HIV prevention information and services for key populations; and also accelerate actions to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2020, including placing positive mothers on lifelong antiretroviral therapy (Option B+) as the preferred regime of treatment for HIV positive pregnant women.

Good Practice Guide – Adolescent HIV Programming

The International HIV/AIDS Alliance published in May 2017 a good practice guide on Adolescent HIV programming. This guide contains information, strategies  and resources, including UNICEF materials, to help programmers meet good practice standards for HIV programming for adolescents. It can be used at any time in the programme cycle to assess good practice, and to help develop proposals and monitoring and evaluation frameworks. Click here to access the guide.

2016 IATT Paediatric ARV Optimal Formulary List

Developed by the IATT in response to procurement and supply challenges resulting from fragmented demand for paediatric ARVs, and has been developing guidance around the selection of optimal products since 2011, this brief is intended for use by programme managers and policy makers and provides formulary selection and procurement guidance for the optimal paediatric ARV dosage forms needed to provide all WHO recommended 1st and 2nd line regimens while simplifying supply chain and easing administration. The brief includes both the Optimal Paediatric ARV formulary as well as the Limited Use list of those formulations that may be needed in special circumstances. As the Optimal Formulary and Limited Use lists are updated on a regular basis, explanation is provided for updates made since 2013.