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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
Diagnosing infants & children

Single question on maternal HIV status most effective for identifying children with undiagnosed HIV

News
22 August 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
Access to healthcare

Top 5 stories on HIV in Africa from CROI 2023

News
10 March 2023
Diagnosing infants & children

Point-of-care viral load tests at delivery improve early preventive treatment for children at risk of HIV

News
21 February 2023
Diagnosing infants & children

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

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Medical Xpress
19 July 2022
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Botswana is ‘going for gold’ in eliminating vertical HIV transmission. Can the rest of Africa catch up?

News
13 May 2022
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Uncontrolled HIV causes the majority of deaths in children with HIV in western Kenya

News
14 December 2021
Access to healthcare

Kenya runs out of HIV test kits for babies

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The Star
10 November 2021
HIV testing programmes & uptake

High rates of adolescents living with undiagnosed HIV in five high-burden countries

News
16 June 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
HIV treatment for children & young people

One in five children on ART still lost to follow-up, while disparities between low- and middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa persist

News
13 May 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
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

India progresses towards eliminating vertical transmission of HIV but is not there yet

News
10 September 2020
Diagnosing infants & children

Finding the missing children: paediatric index testing expands in Africa

News
10 July 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