Geneva, 1 October 2022 (TDI): United Nations Aid Program (UNAIDS) has collaborated with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to address one of the most obvious discrepancies in AIDS response.
According to UNAIDS, only half of the children i.e. 52%, living with HIV have been on life-saving treatment, globally. Hence, the UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2022 said that children lag far behind adults, three-quarters (76%) of whom receive antiretrovirals, comparatively.
The global alliance will ensure that no child living with HIV is denied treatment by the end of the decade. Moreover, it will prevent new HIV infections in infants. So far the alliance has identified four pillars for collective action.
Preventing and detecting new HIV infections in adolescent girls and women who are pregnant or breastfeeding and closing the treatment gap for pregnant and breastfeeding adolescent girls and women living with HIV, as well as improving treatment adherence.
Other pillars include addressing human rights, gender equality, and the social and structural barriers to service access. Moreover, the action plan will also cater to infants, children, and adolescents exposed to and living with HIV who should have access to testing, optimized treatment, and comprehensive care.
Aside from UNAIDS, UNICEF, and WHO the alliance includes civil society movements such as the Global Network of People Living with HIV, national governments in the most affected countries, and international partners such as PEPFAR and the Global Fund.
In the first phase, Angola, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe also joined the alliance.
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UNAIDS: An Overview
United Nations Aid Program (UNAIDS) is an organization that leads and inspires the world to achieve its shared vision of zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, and zero AIDS-related deaths.
Likewise, it coordinates with eleven UN organizations. These include UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, UN Women, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, and the World Bank, to end the AIDS epidemic. Furthermore, the target is to end AIDS by 2030 as one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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