Children and HIV and AIDS

View key publications on: prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV / paediatric treatment and care / prevention among adolescents and young people / protection and support for children affected by HIV and AIDS and essential issues that cut across the response.

Cross-cutting Issues

IASC guidelines for HIV in humanitarian situations 2009 [PDF]

Towards Universal Access: Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector: Progress Report. WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF 2009 [PDF]

Towards Universal Access: Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector: Progress Report. WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF 2008 [PDF]

Towards Universal Access: Scaling up HIV services for women and children in the health sector: Progress Report. UNICEF, UNAIDS and WHO 2008 [PDF]

Joint reporting tool on the health sector response to HIV/AIDS. WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS 2008 [link]

Universal Access: Scaling up Priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector: Progress Report. WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF April 2007 [PDF]

Eight Corporate Responses to Children, Young People and AIDS: A win-win guide. UNICEF China, UNAIDS, ILO, UNFPA, GBC, AusAID April 2007 [PDF] 

Guidelines on Construction of Core Indicators- 2010 Reporting [PDF]

Source and Prices of Selected Medicines for Children, Including Therapeutic Food, Dietary Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation. UNICEF, WHO 2009 [PDF] 

Guidance on Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counselling in Health Facilities. WHO, UNAIDS 2007 [Eng PDF] [Fr PDF]

Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission

Guidance on Global Scale Up of the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV. WHO, UNICEF Nov 2007 [PDF]

PMTCT High-Level Global Partners Forum, Meeting Report, November 2007 [PDF]

Consensus Statement on Achieving Universal Access to Comprehensive Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Services, Global Partners Forum, November 2007 [PDF]

Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating Pregnant Women and Preventing HIV Infection in Infants in Resource-Limited settings: Recommendations for a public health approach, 2006 [PDF]

Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) -- Generic Training Manual for Participants. WHO, CDC 2008 [PDF] 
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) -- Generic Training Manual for Trainers. WHO, CDC 2008 [PDF]

Paediatric Treatment and Care

Scale up of HIV-related prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment for infants and children: A Programming Framework. Expanded Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on Prevention of HIV Infection in Pregnant Women, Mothers and their Children, June 2008 [Eng PDF] [Fr PDF] [Span PDF] 

• Condensed Programming Framework [PDF]
• Slideset [ppt]

Poster: Standards of Care for HIV-exposed and infected infants and children [pdf]

Guidelines on co-trimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-related infections among children, adolescents and adults in resource-limited settings: recommendations for a public health approach. WHO 2006 [PDF]

Antiretroviral therapy of HIV infection in infants and children in resource-limited settings, towards Universal Access: Recommendations for a public health approach. WHO 2006 [PDF]

Prevention among Adolescents and Young People

Condoms and HIV prevention (UNAIDS, 2009) [PDF]

Global Guidance on HIV and Young People. Inter-Agency Task Team on Young People 2008 [link to entire package]

• Overview of HIV Interventions for Young People
• HIV Interventions for Most-at-risk Young People
• HIV Interventions for Young People in Humanitarian Emergencies
• Community-based HIV interventions for Young People
• HIV Interventions for Young People in the Education Sector
• HIV Interventions for Young People in the Health Sector
• HIV Interventions for Young People in the Workplace

Addressing the vulnerability of young women and girls to stop the HIV epidemic in Southern Africa. UNAIDS 2008 [PDF]

Responding to HIV prevention needs of adolescents and young people in Asia: Towards cost-effective policies and programmes. UNICEF, UNFPA, UNESCO May 2007 [PDF]

Practical Guidelines for Intensifying HIV prevention: Towards Universal Access. UNAIDS 2007 [PDF]

Preventing HIV/AIDS in Young People: A systematic review of the evidence from developing countries. Inter-Agency Task Team on Young People 2006 [PDF]

Accelerating HIV prevention programming  with and for most-at-risk adolescents: Lessons learned from the first global Technical Support Group, Kiev, Ukraine 24 – 26 July, 2006 [PDF]

At the crossroads: Accelerating youth access to HIV/AIDS interventions. WHO, UNAIDS, UNFPA and UNICEF 2004 [PDF]

HIV Prevention in the Era of Expanded Treatment Access. Global HIV Prevention Working Group, June 2004 [PDF]

Young People Speak Out: Meeting our Rights to HIV Prevention and Care: Access for All -- Bangkok Youth Report. UNICEF 2004 [PDF]

Protection and Support for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS

Guidance Document: Developing and Operationalizing a National Monitoring and Evaluation System for the Protection, Care and Support of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Living in a World with HIV and AIDS. Sep 2009 [ENG / FR]

UN Guidelines for the Appropriate Use and Conditions of Alternative Care for Children 2009 [PDF]

Expanding Social Protection for vulnerable children and families: learning from an institutional perspective. March 2008 [PDF]

Evidence base for Programming for children affected by HIV and AIDS in low prevalence and concentrated epidemics. March 2008 [PDF]

Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on Children and HIV and AIDS: Working Group Publications

• National Responses for Children Affected by AIDS, Review of Progress and Lessons Learned, August 2008 [link]
• Social Protection for Vulnerable Children in the Context of HIV and AIDS, Moving Towards a More Integrated Vision, July 2008 [link]
• Strategic analysis on civil registration and children in the context of HIV and AIDS, June 2008 [link]
• Expanding Social Protection for vulnerable children and families: learning from an institutional perspective", May 2008 [link]
• Expanding Social Protection for Vulnerable Children and Families: Learning from an Institutional Perspective, March 2008 [link]
• Consensus Statement for Food and Nutrition Group, January 2008 [link]
• Cash Transfers: Real Benefit for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS, October 2007 [Briefing Note] [Advocacy Paper]
• School Fee Concept Note, June 2007 [link]
• School Fee Abolition Report and Business Plan 2006/2007 [link]

Enhanced Protection for Children Affected by AIDS. March 2007[PDF]

Africa's Orphaned and Vulnerable Generations: Children Affected by AIDS. UNICEF, UNAIDS, PEPFAR 2006 [PDF]

The Framework for the Protection, Care and Support of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Living in a World with HIV and AIDS. July 2004 [PDF]