Across Benue State in Nigeria, vulnerable children are being reached through community-led interventions that are saving lives. From infants to adolescents, these stories remind us of the critical and urgent importance of linking children with HIV to the care they deserve.

When Stella Machuma first visited a clinic in Bungoma, Western Kenya, she carried not only her one-and-a-half-year-old son but also a heavy burden of fear. What began as a routine antenatal care visit during her pregnancy in 2023 would change her life forever.

On 4-5 September 2025, THRIVE project partners convened in Maputo, Mozambique to deliver a targeted two-day training workshop focused on Hospital Care for the Severely Ill Child with Advanced HIV Disease (AHD).

THRIVE-Zimbabwe aims to evaluate the STOP-AIDS package across an entire rural Zimbabwean district of Shurugwi. The project seeks to identify and overcome barriers to ​its ​implementation at the community and primary care levels.

A key activity is a comprehensive Training Gap Assessment across participating countries. The aim was to better understand the current capacities and unmet needs of health staff directly involved in the implementation of the AHD package of care, including pediatricians, nurses, lab technicians, counselors, and others, to optimize its implementation.

In April 2025, AFROCAB collaborated with the Fight Aids Coalition (FAC) and Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) to co-host a...