ABOUT THIS REPORT
This Sixth Stocktaking Report focuses on the response to HIV and AIDS among children in low- and middle-income countries.1 It is structured around the first and second decades of a child’s life, and has the following objectives:
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to review the HIV burden among children and adolescents and the progress being made in addressing it
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to identify key strategies to accelerate access to HIV prevention, treatment, protection, care and support for children and adolescents
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to summarize opportunities arising from recent scientific advances, new technology and emerging practice innovations
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to mobilize national and international efforts to keep children HIV-free and ensure that those living with HIV remain AIDS-free.
While national governments are ultimately accountable for their international and domestic commitments, this report is intended to inform the coordinated efforts of all stakeholders striving to achieve the goal of an AIDS-free generation, including donors, technical experts, United Nations organizations, implementing partners, civil society and communities in diverse settings worldwide. The involvement of adults and adolescents living with HIV is essential for the success of the strategies described in this report. Responding to HIV is a shared responsibility, and achieving an AIDS-free generation will be a shared triumph. Throughout this report, the term ’children‘ applies to all children below the age of 18 years, including adolescents, as defined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The United Nations defines adolescents as persons aged 10–19 years, and young people as persons aged 15–24 years.
Major global commitments and strategies relating to children and AIDS
Getting to Zero: 2011–2015 Strategy Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN): A Framework for Action
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) United Nations Millennium Declaration
2000
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS
2001
Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS
2006
United Nations Secretary-General’s Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health and the Every Woman Every Child movement Global Commission on HIV and the Law
2010