The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS has said almost half of the world’s 1.7 million children living with HIV did not get treatment in 2020.
It added that the new report revealed stark inequalities in access to HIV prevention and treatment services for children. According to UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, Shannon Hader, the initiatives for families and children to prevent vertical transmission and to eliminate children dying of AIDS started 20 years ago but despite early and dramatic progress, despite more tools and knowledge than ever before, children are falling way behind adults and way behind.
The UNAIDS report said, 11 countries account for nearly 70% of the “missing children”—those living with HIV but not on treatment, adding that there was a 24% decline in new HIV infections among children from 2015 to 2020 in focus countries versus a 20% decline globally. “The report outlines three actions necessary to end new HIV infections among children in the focus countries. First, reach pregnant women with testing and treatment as early as possible—66 000 new HIV infections occurred among children, because their mothers did not receive treatment at all during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
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