Safeguarding the future: The urgent need to sustain HIV services for children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa in the wake of foreign aid cuts

Key Points

• Investigate the critical need for sustained HIV services for children and adolescents amidst foreign aid cuts.
• Emphasizes a youth-centred approach to HIV care.
• Suggests integration of mental health and long-acting therapies.
• Highlights community-based support systems.
• Sustaining care is crucial to prevent rising infections among vulnerable youth.
• Coordination of services can avert neurocognitive decline in children.
• Increased community support can mitigate systemic exclusion.