Global push to treat HIV leaves children behind.
A pharmacist packs a bottle of antiviral pills at the pharmacy at the Ogwedhi Health Centre in Migori, Kenya, Nov. 23, 2022.
An estimated 99,000 children in sub-Saharan Africa died of AIDS-related causes in 2021, the last year for which there is data. An additional 2.4 million children and adolescents in the region are living with the virus, but just over half have been diagnosed. AIDS is the top cause of mortality for adolescents in 12 countries in East and Southern Africa.
But progress has flatlined in several countries in the past five years, and the COVID-19 pandemic set it back further, with disruptions to the supply of tests and drugs, clinic shutdowns, staff shortages and a shifting away of attention to the fight against AIDS. Laurie Gulaid, UNICEF’s Nairobi-based regional adviser on HIV/AIDS, said the problem in Kenya and beyond was the gulf between written policy and what the government actually funds, makes a priority and puts into practice in primary health centers such as Awendo.
But a woman in this region is accused of infidelity if she tests positive, Achieng said, and she feared she might be assaulted or driven from her home if she told her husband. Today, Achieng is fit and cheerful, and her daughter runs into the house after school to show her a page where she has labeled and colored fruits and shapes. She giggles softly when her older brother takes her for rides in a wheelbarrow.
Even when individual women are diagnosed and connected with treatment, health systems too often fail to think of their families, Gulaid said.
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