By MKT Correspondent
Kenya is among 12 Global Alliance countries that have achieved strong coverage of lifelong anti-retroviral therapy among pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV.
The country stands at 89 per cent, with Angola ahead of Zimbabwe at 88% and Cote d’Ivoire at 84%. Uganda is leading at nearly 100%, Tanzania at 98%, and South Africa at 97%, while Mozambique and Zambia are at 90% coverage.
However, critical gaps continue to undermine efforts to end AIDS in children. A new report by the Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children by 2030 shows that an urgent scale-up of HIV services in countries worst affected by the pandemic is required to end AIDS by 2030.
The report, Transforming Vision into Reality, shows that programmes targeting vertical transmission of HIV have averted 4 million infections among children aged 0–14 years old since 2000, but countries are still not on track to reach HIV-related commitments for children and adolescents.
The Global Alliance countries are innovating to overcome barriers and accelerate progress towards ending AIDS in children, but the pace of progress in preventing new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths among children has slowed in recent years.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO, says that accelerating the delivery and uptake of HIV services for children and adolescents is a moral obligation and a political choice.
However, significant challenges remain, and services for treatment and prevention must be ramped up immediately to ensure they reach all children everywhere.
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