UNAIDS

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

PRESS RELEASE

DAKAR/GENEVA, 16 January 2019—At a high-level meeting in Dakar, Senegal, UNAIDS, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries in western and central Africa to do more to stop new HIV infections among children and adolescents and increase HIV testing and treatment coverage.

In 2017, around 67 000 children (aged 0–9 years) and 69 000 adolescents (aged 10–19 years) became newly infected with HIV. Two thirds (46 000) of adolescents newly infected with the virus were girls. While progress has been seen in stopping new HIV infections among children in some countries—eleven countries registered a reduction of more than 35% between 2010 and 2017*—others, including Nigeria, which has the largest epidemic in the region, experienced no declines at all.

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UNAIDS survey of civil society organizations engaged in the response to AIDS

The Community Mobilization Division at UNAIDS is doing a survey of civil society organizations engaged in the response to AIDS in order to better understand and document trends in financing.  The survey explores external and national funding sources for particular activities, organizational support needs, and other issues.

We hope that all civil society organizations engaged in the AIDS response will complete the survey so that we can have the fullest, most accurate picture of community financing.

Our goal is to support strategic investment in community responses to HIV by better understanding the funding situation and trends over the last three years.

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It should only take about 15 minutes to complete. In the survey we ask for your best estimates of funding sources and allocations, and do not expect you to do in-depth review of your organization's financial history.

Please complete the survey no later than Friday, 11 September.  If you have questions feel free to write Chris Mallouris at MallourisC@unaids.org