Globally, only half (52%) of children living with HIV are on life-saving treatment, far behind adults where three quarters (76%) are receiving antiretrovirals, according to the data that has just been released in the UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2022.
Concerned by the stalling of progress for children, and the widening gap between children and adults, UNAIDS, UNICEF, WHO and partners have brought together a global alliance to ensure that no child living with HIV is denied treatment by the end of the decade and to prevent new infant HIV infections.
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在加拿大蒙特利尔举行的国际艾滋病大会上,领导人们宣布成立新的到2030年消除儿童艾滋病全球联盟。
The new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children by 2030 was announced by leading figures at the International AIDS Conference taking place in Montreal, Canada.
In addition to the United Nations agencies, the alliance includes civil society movements, including the Global Network of People living with HIV, national governments in the most affected countries, and international partners, including PEPFAR and the Global Fund.
Twelve countries have joinedthe alliance in the first phase: Angola, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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联盟各方经过磋商确定了集体行动的四大支柱:
Consultations bythe alliance have identified four pillars for collective action:
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在感染艾滋病毒的怀孕和哺乳少女与妇女之间缩小治疗差距,并优化治疗的连续性;
closing the treatment gap for pregnant and breastfeeding adolescent girls and women living with HIV and optimizing continuity of treatment;
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在怀孕和哺乳的少女和妇女中预防并发现新的艾滋病毒感染病例;
preventing and detecting new HIV infections among pregnant and breastfeeding adolescent girls and women;