Children with HIV/AIDS falling through the cracks of treatment scale-up efforts

Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 12:31 in Health & Medicine

Less than one-quarter (23 percent) of children with HIV/AIDS who need treatment are getting it, according to a new report. Although treatment coverage for adults has been steadily climbing and has now reached approximately half of those in need, coverage for children is lagging far behind, highlighted DNDi, a non-profit research and development organization that has recently launched a new pediatric HIV drug development program.

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