Adolescents are developmentally at a difficult crossroad, which makes it challenging to attract and sustain adolescents’ focus on maintaining their health. Every effort must be made to engage and retain adolescents in care so they can improve and maintain their health for the long term.

Have you been looking for an easier and more accurate way to quantify pediatric HIV treatment needs over time? On Wednesday, August 14th, the Technical Support to PEPFAR Programs in the Southern Africa Region (TSP) and Baylor College of Medicine’s Global TB Program (GTB) will host a webinar on the recently developed excel-based ARV procurement forecasting tool. Click here to download the tool and accompanying manual!

South Africa’s health data demonstrate that young men are less likely to test for HIV and less likely to start treatment when diagnosed as HIV-positive. Young men living with HIV often transmit the virus to younger female partners, contributing to an inter-generational cycle of transmission. Consequently, it is important to ensure men are fully incorporated into a holistic response in order to achieve epidemic control.