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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.
Programme
07/11/2018
Faces and stories
Beyond the statistics: Stories of women, children, adolescents and communities affected by HIV
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.
Programme
06/22/2018
HIV and AIDS
UNICEF is working towards an AIDS-free generation
Veronica carries her youngest child, Mubarak (9 months), at the hospital in Wau, South Sudan.
Press release
11/25/2020
320,000 children and adolescents newly infected with HIV in 2019, 1 every 100 seconds – UNICEF
UNICEF warns of COVID-19 disruptions to HIV service delivery in one third of high burden countries
Statement
10/02/2020
Remarks by Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, at press briefing on Education Plus initiative
As prepared for delivery
A mother holding her smiling baby next to her face
Annual Report
07/09/2020
Global annual results reports 2019: Goal Area 1
Progress and results from 2019 by Goal Area 1: ensuring that every child has the right to life, survival and development, and to grow up healthy and strong
A woman dressed in blue smiles with a young baby sitting on her lap
Annual Report
07/01/2020
Global annual results report 2019: Humanitarian action
The key humanitarian results achieved for children by UNICEF and partners in 2019
UNICEF/UNI211885/Schermbrucker
Photo Essay
11/29/2019
Treating HIV-positive children with speed and skill
How innovations in rapid testing and child-friendly medicines are saving lives in Uganda.
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
Press release
11/26/2019
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
UNICEF results: a group of smiling children in Guatemala
Page
06/10/2019
For every child, results
UNICEF works for the rights of every child, every day, across the globe. Discover our results
UNICEF/UN0255813/Schermbrucker
Photo Essay
12/01/2018
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.