The Call to Action Outlines Action Steps Needed to Prioritize Children Affected by AIDS in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals
Ending the HIV pandemic is possible, but to do so, we must act quickly and recognize that the needs of children—the most vulnerable among us and unable to advocate on their own behalf—include but go beyond ending the spread of HIV and finding a cure.
For children, urgent steps are required including:
Better integrating strategies to reach this population into regional and national plans
Providing the care and support needed to ensure optimal development
Scaling up treatment, prevention and access to services—for children and their carers
The call to action sets out eight critical action steps needed to provide children, adolescents and carers with the focused attention required to turn the tide on HIV and AIDS:
Scale-up access to PMTCT services
Scale-up paediatric testing (early infant diagnosis)
Increase treatment access and reduce loss to follow-up
Provide HIV-sensitive social protection services
Invest in the early years of children living affected by HIV
Strengthen linkages between child protection and HIV services
Intensify HIV prevention and treatment for adolescents
Strengthen support for primary caregivers and community level care providers
Here you can download:
A eight 1-page versions dealing with the eight areas touched on in the call to action.
- Increasing Treatment Access and Reducing Loss to Follow-up
- Intensify HIV Prevention and Treatment for Adolescents
- Invest in the Early Years of Children Living with HIV
- Provide HIV-Sensitive Social Protection Services
- Scale-up Access to PMTCT Services
- Scale-up Paediatric Testing (Early Infant Diagnosis)
- Strengthen Linkages between Child Protection and HIV Services
- Strengthen Support for Primary Caregivers and Community Level Care Providers
The eight critical action steps are now also available in French and Portuguese