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Starting infant treatment within days of birth does not improve viral suppression

Image: 'Community Health Workers Working with HIV-infected Mothers'. Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation–Malawi / Robbie Flick / USAID. Creative Commons licence.

Maternal and child health highlights from CROI 2020

'Community Health Workers Working with HIV-infected Mothers'. Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation–Malawi / Robbie Flick / USAID. Creative Commons licence.

Evaluating point-of-care early infant diagnosis in Zambia and Zimbabwe

Dry blood spot test (for HIV) on an infant. PNG 2005. Photo: AusAID. DFAT photo library. Creative Commons licence.

Point-of-care technology for early infant HIV diagnosis speeds up return of HIV test results

Young people born with HIV more likely to have “mild” verbal memory test deficits if they have ever had an AIDS-defining condition

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Digital health services highly effective in early infant diagnosis of HIV in Kenya

HIV testing rate among children and adolescents boosted after caregivers receive a cash incentive

Point-of-care test improves infant HIV diagnosis rate, treatment starts and retention in care

Ilesh Jani at CROI 2017. Photo by Liz Highleyman, hivandhepatitis.com

Early infant HIV testing at birth and at 6 weeks of age will save lives, extend life expectancy and is cost-effective for South Africa, study finds