Publications on Children

To end AIDS in children once and for all, we need to focus on both treatment and prevention, with a deeper focus on the life cycle of the child, beginning during pregnancy, in infancy and childhood, and through adolescence.

The fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) are not new drugs, but rather improved formulations of currently used medicines recommended for the first line treatment of TB.

This 'Strategy' paper tells the story of what the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children plans to do in the next few years.

The ‘Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free’ Super-Fast- Track framework and action plan builds on remarkable success achieved between 2011 and 2015 in reducing the number of new HIV infections among children as well as increasing the number of children with HIV on treatment.

The guidlines for management of pregnant women with HIV infection - 2016 was prepared to assist policymakers to plan prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) interventions and healthcare workers to provide optimal services to pregnant mothers.

Children living with HIV (aged 0–4) face the highest risk of AIDS-related death compared to all other age groups. The AIDS-response must focus on solutions for this extremely vulnerable population. Preventing new infections, but also testing and starting treatment early are the best ways to end AIDS among the youngest children. In an age when the tools and knowledge are at hand to prevent and treat HIV in children, new infections and deaths among this age group reflect a collective failure to prioritise children.

This report presents the indicator and monitoring framework for the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health, (2016-2030) focusing on its Survive, Thrive and Transform objectives and 17 targets. The report details the selection process for the indicators and implications for monitoring, measurement, investments and reporting.

This report lays out by country significant pieces of work that contribute to ending child marriage in eight countries of South Asia.

This is the first round of the IBBS Survey conducted among street involved children and youths in three districts in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. This survey is a part of the National HIV Surveillance Plan (2012) and National HIV and AIDS Strategy (2011-2016). The first round of the survey was undertaken to determine the prevalence of HIV infections and to assess the sexual and/or injecting behaviors related to HIV among street involved children and youths in the Kathmandu Valley.

Children often exist as a vulnerable population within already vulnerable populations. Therefore, it is imperative that TB finally be addressed head-on by policy makers, civil society, and health professionals. Not only do children provide the reservoir from which future cases will develop, but continued inaction is costing lives.