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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>ANTIRETROVIRAL treatment coverage for children remains at 48% while adult coverage has improved to 76% globally, a situation that has alarmed the government and authorities at the National Aids Council in Zimbabwe, NewsDay has established.<\/p>\n

Speaking during a two-day workshop on HIV research held under the theme, Accelerating 95-95-95 HIV targets among children, Health and Child Care ministry\u2019s national paediatric HIV care and treatment co-ordinator Angela Mushavi said children account for only 4% of all individuals living with HIV, yet they face a staggering 15% mortality rate from Aids-related illnesses.<\/p>\n

She said the disparity led to an alliance that was formed in 2022 and launched in Montreal in Canada, the Global Alliance to End AIDS among Children by 2030.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe message here is if we don’t pick up children that are infected early, if we do not initiate them on treatment, we are going to lose children,\u201d Mushavi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Global Alliance represents a child and adolescent-friendly approach to ending Aids among children. While I will not delve into all four pillars today, I want to highlight that our first pillar focuses on intensifying testing, finding children, ensuring they receive treatment, and achieving viral suppression.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the very theme of our symposium, and its relevance will become clear as we explore the research together,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Mushavi said stigma, discrimination and gender inequality resulted in people refraining from seeking services.<\/p>\n

\u201cBabies are giving us babies at under nine and ten years old. They are not even adolescents. They are still children, but they are giving us babies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat tells you the importance of pillar three, which is preventing new HIV infections in those women of reproductive age, particularly in the young girls, adolescent girls and young women.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrevention is key in our data within the national health information system. We find that about 50% of births or pregnancies are to girls and women under 30 years. 33% of pregnancies in this country are to adolescent girls and young women.\u201d<\/p>\n

NAC monitoring and evaluation director, Amon Mpofu said the council valued the use of evidence, from its generation to utilisation to informed decision making, both at policy and programme levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe path to ending AIDS by 2030 now highly requires use of evidence and strategic information to optimise the response and move away from one-size-fits-all interventions.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the co-ordinator of National Response to HIV, we are fully aware that evidence and strategic information are part of our broader mandate and to ensure that we use this evidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese include the HIV and AIDS research priorities. I hope you have seen and are making use of the HIV AIDS research database, the HIV AIDS research support grants, and this platform to disseminate the findings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals medical officer Tsitsi Magure said Zimbabwe had already achieved 95-95 targets among adults, but continues to lag behind among children.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnding AIDS by 2030 could be unachievable if we do not pay attention to the challenges affecting childhood services among children,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a fact that a lot of research whose findings are profound to the response of HIV is taking place in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

\u201cMuch of it, however, is going unreported and unshared, partly because of lack of platforms to do so. This symposium is therefore a critical component of the response that should be supported and strengthened.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said this was partly due to the fact that HIV has continued to evolve, both in how its understood it and the challenges it presents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis evolution cannot occur without research and the pursuit of evidence. Research is a very strategic part of the national response to HIV, which seeks to establish a pool of knowledge and evidence vital to the development of effective policies and programmes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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