The time is now to use the tools we have to end AIDS in children
Ending AIDS in children is possible. We have the tools to do so. However, now is the time for national, regional and global stakeholders to come together to prioritize children and ensure appropriate funding, implementation and equitable access are in place. Testing infants quickly and accurately for HIV is the first step to ensuring their lifelong health and wellbeing. As national and global public health structures shift, programmes need to act quickly-gains in paediatric HIV cannot be lost but must be accelerated. Doing so will require political will, financing, infrastructure, community-led initiatives, and commitment by and access to all to achieve those goals.
Authors
- Appolinaire Tiam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8045-7590)
- Deborah Persaud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5195-8743)
- Roger Shapiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4832-6275)
- Lara Vojnov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0488-1012)
- Alexandra C. Vrazo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7216-9302)
- Patricia Fassinou Ekouévi
- Lloyd Mulenga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1044-4209)
- Lynne Mofenson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2818-9808)
- Nelly Pato Dindi
- Adeodata R. Kikitiinwa
Institutions
- Milken Institute (US)
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (US)
- Ministry of Health (ZM)
- Harvard University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- United States Agency for International Development (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation (UG)
- National Aids Control Council (KE)
- Positive Impact (US)
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (CI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the International AIDS Society
- Published
- 2025-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.70055
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00