What’s New – News and events from our network

Ashton Josephs for the Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS

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  • The Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS (CCABA) has issued a statement in response to the recent 2026 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS. Read how the CCABA remains committed to children and adolescents in the new blog here.
  • The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) has been featured in an article in Vox media on how an HIV-free generation is closer than we think. Read it here.
  • The Journal of the International AIDS Society has released a new supplement on Elimination of Vertical HIV Transmission. Read it here.
  • Be in the Know has released a series of stories amplifying the stories of communities affected by HIV. Their recent release on How traditional birth attendants are helping Kenya win the fight against pediatric HIV, shows how they are playing a critical role in reducing mother-to-child HIV transmission in Kenya. Read it here.
  • Pharos Global Health Advisors with Friends of the Global Fight have co-published a new report that examines the financial landscape facing CSOs and highlights the steps governments and donors can take to strengthen Civil Society Organisation sustainability, Read it here.
  • The Global Financing Facility’s new Annual Report, Marking Ten Years of Meaningful Progress, documents the GFF’s first decade of country-led efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of women, children and adolescents. Read it here.
  • The latest Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report has been released and highlights the power of domestic policy coherence and long-term commitment to equity. Read it here.
  • The Robert Carr Fund (RCF) is pleased to announce that the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) has joined as a new partner, bringing significant philanthropic investment to sustain and expand community-led responses to HIV. Read the announcement here.
  • The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) in partnership with Unitaid has just released a new memo on key statistics, a year after global HIV funding was upended. It highlights how children already bear a disproportionate share of HIV-related mortality. Read the latest memo here.
  • Zvandiri participated in a meeting with the Mayittah Group, with support from Pan African Positive women’s Coalition(PAPWC)-Zimbabwe and the Global Fund, sharing evidence and lived experiences of young people living with HIV. Read more here.
  • EGPAF has launched a newly published study, demonstrating that HPV/HIV service integration was an effective strategy to increase HPV vaccine uptake among young girls. Read about it here.
  • Across the PATA network, young people and healthcare providers are joining the “We are ready for choice” campaign, raising their voices for HIV prevention options that fit real lives. Read how PATA is transforming HIV prevention across Africa here.
  • GFAN have updated the Community Engagement Toolbox. It includes GC8 Youth Engagement Guidelines for Youth-Led Organizations in Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Read it here.

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Events

  • CS4ME, GFAN, GFAN Africa, GFAN AP and MSF co-hosted a webinar on health financing on 30 April.. The webinar focussed on smart advocacy for fair financing. Learn more here.
  • The Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN) with the Government of Rwanda, the Africa Early Childhood Network (AfECN), UNESCO, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO) convened on 8 May for the Global Financing Forum in Kigali. At the event strategies for financing holistic services for young children were discussed. See the recap here.
  • Devex in partnership with the Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE) co-hosted an in-person conversation on the future of disease elimination on 21 May. This poignant discussion took place as the global health community shifts from vertical, disease-specific campaigns toward more integrated and sustainable models of care. Find out more here.
  • The Early Childhood Development Network hosted a webinar on 17 June on Nurturing Child Development through Primary Healthcare: Perspectives from Policy, Programs, and Practice. Find out more here.
  • GNP+ and partners attend for the 2026 High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS in New York – A Pre-Meeting on Integrated Primary Health Care (PHC) Services for People Living with HIV and Co-Morbidities on 21 June.
  • The 2026 United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS: An essential accountability mechanism for the global HIV response, takes place from 22-23 June. Find out more here.
  • The Elelvate Children Funders Group hosted a webinar on 25 June entitled: From Insights to Action: A Showcase of Workforce Wellbeing Practices in Early Childhood Development and Care. The webinar highlighted concrete examples of how organizations, funders, and practitioners are responding to the realities shared by frontline workers. Discover more here.
  • Zvandiri recently joined the National AIDS Council Zimbabwe World AIDS Campaign 2025/26 at Tafara Hall Grounds in Mabvuku, standing alongside their partners, communities, and young people, championing HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and holistic wellbeing. Find out more here.

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  • UNAIDS Southern and Eastern Africa was featured on the Channel Africa Podcast, discussing how the funding cuts are threatening decades of progress against HIV. Listen here.

Please share any updates you would like to see in our next ‘What’s New?’ feature by contacting me: Ashton.Josephs@childrenandHIV.org