The number of South African children receiving HIV treatment at sites supported by the United States government almost halved in the year to September 2025. New research found that the number of children receiving antiretroviral treatment at sites supported by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, fell by 30,880. This represented a decline of 45%. South…
Tag: Paediatric HIV
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Child HIV Treatment and Access to Care
A concerning reality has emerged from recent estimates. Approximately one in three of the 157,000 children living with HIV in South Africa are not accessing the antiretroviral therapy (ART) they desperately need to maintain their health. This situation highlights the critical importance of improving child HIV treatment. This stark figure, highlighted by Thembisa, the leading mathematical model of HIV in…