Children are consistently left behind in the HIV response compared to adults. Of the 1.5 million children currently living with HIV only 53% of those children have access to treatment, compared with 77% of adults. Positive Action, along with ViiV Healthcare more broadly, aim to support ending paediatric AIDS in priority locations, through supporting the implementation of sustainable and replicable quality package of interventions.
Resilience and determination
Loy is a Mentor Mother for Community Health Alliance Uganda (CHAU). CHAU has provided Loy and many other young women living with or affected with HIV, with economic empowerment and safety through small businesses, as well as friendship.
Empowering women to improve maternal and child health
Winnie is a Community Mentor Mother, living with HIV, who is employed and empowered by mothers2mothers (m2m). She gave birth to an HIV negative baby because of the support she received from m2m, which she is now paying forward to 19-year-old expectant mother Flavia and others just like her.
The power of peer-to-peer support
Zulaika is a young woman living with HIV who is working as a Young Adolescent Peer with The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) to bridge the gap between the health facility and community. This increases young people’s access to critical prevention and care services, such as self-testing, treatment delivery and psychosocial support in Uganda.
Raising the voices of young women in southern Africa
Sibu is the South Africa Regional Lead of the HER Voice Fund. The HER Voice Fund supports organisations in African priority countries to help reduce HIV incidence amongst adolescent girls and young women and empower them to be involved in the decisions that affect their health.
Ending paediatric HIV in priority regions
Godfrey is a caregiver supported by one of Positive Action’s Breakthrough Partners, Paediatric AIDS Treatment for Africa (PATA). The Breakthrough Partnership is working to end paediatric HIV in priority regions of sub-Saharan Africa by enabling a collaborative approach to paediatric HIV services in Mozambique, Nigeria and Uganda.
GIRL TALK SERIES
Girl Talk is a short series of conversations between two young women who offer practical advice and lend their experience on HIV to girls and young women around the world, beyond what Google can give. Sibu is a Regional Lead of the HER Voice Fund, and Teddy is employed and empowered by mothers2mothers (m2m), working as a Mentor Mother alongside doctors and nurses in Uganda.
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
COMMITMENT TO GENDER EQUALITY
Positive Action is committed to working with communities to improve gender equality and overcome global health challenges. At the 2023 Women Deliver conference, a new multi-year fund aiming to advance community engagement for gender equality was announced, alongside GSK and The Global Fund, to help ensure sustainable change and improve health outcomes for girls, women, and gender-diverse communities in Africa.
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