Manuel sur le sida pédiatrique en Afrique

En Afrique, l’infection par le Virus de l’Immunodé cience Humaine (VIH) et le Syndrome d’Immunodé cience Acquise (SIDA) sont des causes importantes de mortalité et de morbidité chez le nourrisson et l’enfant. Dans le monde, en 2015, Sur les 36.7 millions de personnes vivant avec le VIH, 1.8 millions étaient des enfants de moins de

Handbook on Paediatric AIDS in Africa

HIV/AIDS is a major cause of infant and childhood mortality and morbidity in Africa. Globally, of the 36.7 million people living with HIV, in 2015, 1.8 million were children under age of 15.years there were 150 000 new infections and 110 000 HIV-related deaths in this age group. Eighty- seven percent of all HIV infected

Regional Policy Review on Paediatric and Adolescent HIV Care

The global community has set the goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. Recent data from UNAIDS postulate that only half of treatment-eligible children living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are likely to receive antiretroviral therapy compared with HIV-positive adults. As compared to adults, adolescents are experiencing poorer outcomes , higher rates of mortality,

Assessment of Training Needs and Mentorship approaches of Healthcare workers involved in children and Adolescent HIV Services in Ethiopia

Background: In 2016 there were an estimated 748,933 people living with HIV including 78,834 children in Ethiopia. The total estimated new HIV infections were 21, 565. Out of these 2,212 were children below 15 years of age. The adult ART coverage by the end of 2015 was 61.6% and 27.3% for children. New HIV infections

Assessment of Training Needs and Mentorship Approaches for Children and Adolescent HIV Services in South Sudan

HIV is a global public health threat and a major burden nations. The Republic of South Sudan is part of global task force to ght HIV and AIDS. South Sudan has witnessed the effects and impact of the disease on her people. Two of these effects are stigma and discrimination, both self and enacted stigma,

Assessment of Training Needs and Mentorship approaches for Child and Adolescent HIV services in Uganda

HIV/AIDS services in many countries are structured to provide care for adults, with children and adolescents not being adequately catered for. In fact, the antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage among HIV-infected children under 15years worldwide, majority of whom are in Sub-Saharan Africa, by end of 2015 was 51%. In Uganda, 63% of HIV- infected children under