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Niger is in the grips of Islamist violence in its south and western regions - and children are among those bearing the brunt of the insecurity. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes for safety. But those who've stayed back are often out of reach of urgent humanitarian assistance...

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...

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...

Roughly 15,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed annually among American children. Eighty percent of these children ultimately are cured, which is a remarkable medical success story. But in sub-Saharan Africa, where about 100,000 new cases of pediatric cancer occur annually and 90 percent of those...

As children, they escaped the virus through revolutions in medication. But today, they face an old foe again. Renowned HIV scientist Salim Abdool Karim sits down with Mia Malan to explain why their story is the story of Africa’s HIV epidemic. In this episode, HIV scientist Salim Abdool Karim speaks...

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 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/

In this video, Professor Lombe speaks on the impact AIDs has on children growing up in Sub-Saharan Africa. ...