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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 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...

Africa is home to approximately two-thirds of the global population living with HIV and—despite a decline in HIV infection rates and AIDS mortality—the epidemic continues to take a toll across the continent. At the same time, Africa is home to 15 of the 20 countries with the highest prevalence rates...

This chosen video from a selected series of the UChicago Social Protection Conference explains how innovative economic strengthening research can improve health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children. ...

This piece looks at the rates of HIV/AIDs among children in Sub-Saharan Africa and current programs to address such rates. https://blog.savethechildren.org/category/u-s-programs/child-survival

This article follows the story of a young girl named “Joyce” and her story with HIV. Find it at the this link: https://www.icrw.org/growing-up-with-hiv-in-sub-saharan-africa-one-girls-story/

HIV Infection and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities This study focuses on the epidemiology of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, key drivers of the continued high incidence and priorities for altering current epidemic trajectory in the region. The study also...

Pediatric HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Emerging Issues and Way Forward This study examines the challenges that hinder current HIV/AIDs prevention programs in the select nations and concludes that a holistic promotional approach is needed.