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All children born to women living with HIV need to be tested for HIV, ideally at birth or within the first few weeks of life. This is known as early infant diagnosis. Antibody tests are not used for infants, because the mother’s antibodies may be present in the baby’s blood.

Diagnosing infants & children

Parenting sessions increase child HIV testing in Lesotho

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Be In The Know
19 January 2024
Self-testing & home testing

Digital HIV-self testing proves unpopular with young Zimbabweans

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Be In The Know
15 September 2023
HIV testing policies & guidelines

A pediatric screening tool helps identify children living with HIV more efficiently

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Clinton Health Access Initiative
30 May 2023
Pregnancy, children & young people

Children lag behind adults in HIV treatment, testing

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Healio
19 May 2023
Diagnosing infants & children

Fewer HIV tests, cases identified in children at start of pandemic

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Medical Xpress
19 July 2022
Access to healthcare

Kenya runs out of HIV test kits for babies

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The Star
10 November 2021
HIV treatment for children & young people

Ending HIV in children is way off target: where to focus action now

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The Conversation
11 June 2021
Diagnosing infants & children

‘Dramatic improvements’ as point-of-care HIV testing for infants rolls out in Africa

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Avert
22 April 2021
Diagnosing infants & children

ICAP Works with Local Partners in Mozambique to Expand Access to Early Infant Diagnosis for HIV in the Midst of the COVID-19 Crisis

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ICAP at Columbia University
23 March 2021
Diagnosing infants & children

Point-of-care early infant diagnosis of HIV improves treatment initiation

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Clinton Health Access Initiative
22 March 2021
HIV treatment for children & young people

WHO and other stakeholders join forces to accelerate access to effective paediatric HIV and tuberculosis diagnostics and medicines

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World Health Organization
20 November 2020
Diagnosing infants & children

Women can wait up to two months to find out if their babies have HIV. This could fix that.

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Bhekisisa
4 November 2020
Treatment guidelines

Perinatal Exposure to HIV Requires Specialized, Coordinated Care

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American Journal of Managed Care
19 October 2020
HIV treatment for children & young people

Despite great progress since the early days, the HIV response is still failing children

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UNAIDS
8 July 2020
HIV treatment for children & young people

The World is Failing HIV Positive Kids: What Has Gone Wrong and What We Must Do About It

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Health GAP (Global Access Project)
8 July 2020
Diagnosing infants & children

Urgent action needed on point-of-care early infant diagnosis

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GNP+
17 February 2020
Epidemiology

UNAIDS, UNICEF and WHO urge countries in western and central Africa to step up the pace in the response to HIV for children and adolescents

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UNAIDS press release
16 January 2019
Diagnosing infants & children

Access to on-the-spot testing led to improved rates of treatment for infants with HIV

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Science Speaks
22 August 2018
Women

Irish mums diagnosed with HIV worry more about how diagnosis will affect family than themselves, study finds

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Irish Mirror
8 May 2018
Diagnosing infants & children

Early HIV diagnosis in infants works in Africa, but the technology must spread to save lives

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Devex
23 February 2018
Diagnosing infants & children

We found ways to shorten the turnaround time for diagnosing babies with HIV

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The Conversation
22 January 2018
Diagnosing infants & children

Second HIV test helps prevent incorrect HIV diagnosis in infants

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EurekAlert (press release)
22 November 2017
Diagnosing infants & children

Two cutting-edge technologies for HIV detection in infants receive WHO prequalification

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World Health Organization
22 June 2016
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Zimbabwe: Mandatory HIV testing for kids ill-conceived

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The Herald
24 May 2016