Executive Summary The Start Free Stay Free AIDS Free report reveals a mixed story. The global targets set for 2018 have been missed by a wide margin in some subregions and countries. Some countries, however, have shown impressive progress and achieved success across all the target areas. These...
This toolkit proposes three areas for advocacy for first ladies to take the Free to Shine campaign forward, bearing in mind the specific needs of their country: ADVOCACY FOCUS 1: Keeping women and girls HIV-free. ADVOCACY FOCUS 2: Preventing vertical transmission of HIV. ADVOCACY FOCUS 3: Finding...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OVERVIEW OF THE EVALUATION UNICEF Zimbabwe contracted hera to conduct the mid-term evaluation of the current HIV/AIDS programme. The evaluation was carried out from January-June 2019. The UNICEF Zimbabwe HIV and AIDS Programme is a five-year programme that commenced in 2016 and...
Background The HIV prevalence rate amongst pregnant women in Namibia has gone down from 18.2 per cent in 2012 to 16.9 per cent in 2014. A significant portion of the pregnant women are adolescent mothers. HIV testing and counselling (HTC) remains a key HIV intervention as an entry point to accessing...
This article illustrates scientific innovation being used to fight diseases. In this case, a Chinese doctor genetically modified twin girls to become immune to HIV, human immunodeficiency virus. While this experiment was criticized by many as unethical, it was also deemed groundbreaking as we look...
This report importantly details HIV treatment, testing, and policies across 52 countries in order to accurately represent HIV/AIDS prevalence. As it explores these topics, the article concludes that testing guidelines for pregnant and postpartum women must be stricter in high prevalence countries...
This video shows the steps that are being taken to globally educate individuals and populations on the importance of HIV testing. One doctor notes that this spread of awareness has been so successful because people understand the importance of protecting their children from HIV. This video also...
This USAID report summarizes the toll that HIV/AIDS has taken on children globally: as many as 17 million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. Further, in 2016, 3.4 million children under the age of 15 were HIV+. Additionally, this report includes a series of images and an outline of...
This report provides insight into the transmission of HIV from parent-to-child, treatment, and medication. If you are interested in learning more, visit the CDC's HIV and Pregnant Women, Infants and Children article. Key Points (excerpt from article) HIV can pass from a mother with HIV to her child...