HIV/AIDS

Portrait of Joanita ( 4yrs) outside her home in Mbarara, Western Uganda. Joanita was born with HIV and needs to take medication on a daily basis. “I like eating rice and Irish potatoes.

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Faces and stories

Beyond the statistics: Stories of women, children, adolescents and communities affected by HIV

11/07/2018

Kabiite Ajara (32 yrs) helps Nuriet (2 yrs 8 months) take her pediatric HIV medication in their home. Nuriet and Kabiite are both living with HIV and need to take their medication on a daily basis.

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HIV and AIDS

UNICEF is working towards an AIDS-free generation

22/06/2018

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Treating HIV-positive children with speed and skill

How innovations in rapid testing and child-friendly medicines are saving lives in Uganda.

29/11/2019

The government of Uganda have implemented a number of interventions for children exposed to HIV including point of care for early infant diagnosis of HIV and oral pellets for children living with HIV.Kansiime Ruth (25 years) ensures that both her children Lighton (1 year) and Joanita ( 4yrs) receive their pediatric HIV medicine at the same time every day. Lighton is now taking the oral pellets in place of the bitter syrup. This has helped alot in terms of getting her to take her medication and suppress her

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Over 300 children and adolescents die every day from AIDS-related causes

Only half of children living with HIV have access to life-saving treatment – UNICEF

26/11/2019

Children at a UNICEF-supported centre in Côte d'Ivoire

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For every child, results

UNICEF works for the rights of every child, every day, across the globe. Discover our results

10/06/2019

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Finding life after loss

After losing her husband to an AIDS-related illness, a mother in Cameroon is determined to keep her children healthy and HIV-negative.

01/12/2018

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Message from UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on World AIDS Day

01/12/2018

On 12 June 2018 in Jamaica, EVE for Life mentor Monique McDonald, 27, speaks with (left) Shelly, 22, and (right) Stacy-Ann Stone, 38, in a public park in Ocho Rios town.

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Around 80 adolescents will die of AIDS every day by 2030, at current trends – UNICEF

UNICEF calls for urgent scale-up of treatment and prevention programmes among adolescents as data shows slow reduction of HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths

29/11/2018

On 12 September 2018 at United Nations Headquarters, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore attends the Second Regular Session of the 2018 UNICEF Executive Board.

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Remarks by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore at the opening of the September 2018 Executive Board Meeting

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12/09/2018

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Every three minutes a teenage girl is infected by HIV – UNICEF

Teenage girls bear brunt of a far-from-over HIV/AIDS epidemic

24/07/2018

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