Despite significant progress in the past year, access to pediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment in Ethiopia remains severely limited. More than 60,000 infants and children require antiretroviral treatment, but fewer than 600 children—less than one percent of those in need—are receiving this life-saving therapy. Without antiretroviral treatment, 75 percent of HIV-infected children will die before their fifth birthday.

Representatives of children’s organizations, the Government of Ethiopia, as well as private donors, and national and international HIV/AIDS experts met January 25-27, 2006 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to develop recommendations to expand access to pediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment in the country. The conference was hosted by Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health’s International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP) – Ethiopia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Ethiopia, and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

	Pediatric HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment in Ethiopia: Situational Analysis Report
	Conference Agenda

Conference Presentations Introductory Remarks: 1. Welcome from ICAP-Ethiopia 2. Opening Remarks from CDC-Ethiopia 3. Opening Address from FMOH 4. Overview of HIV/AIDS Care & Treatment from FMOH 5. Pediatric Situation Analysis Report from ICAP and FMOH  Panel 1: Preventing Pediatric HIV INfection 6. The Ethiopian pMTCT Experience 7. HIV testing in ANC: How can we Increase Uptake? 8. Infant Feeding in the Context of HIV 9. Linking pMTCT Services with HIV/AIDS Treatment Panel 2: Diagnosis HIV in Infants and Children 10. Pediatric Diagnosis: Best Practices in Resource-Limited Settings 11.  Laboratory Challenges in Infant Diagnosis 12.  Inpatient HIV Testing: The Zambia Experience 13.  Pediatric Diagnosis: The Ethiopia Initiative Panel 3: Entry Points to Care and Treatment 14.  Provider-Initiated Testing: Normalizing HIV Testing in Clinical Settings 15.  The Expanded IMCI Paradigm 16.  Family-Focused Care and Treatment Panel 4: Care and Treatment of Pediatric HIV 17.  Pediatric ART: The Ethiopia Experience 18.  Pediatric ART: The Uganda Experience 19.  Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis: Implementation Strategies 20.  Pediatric HIV : Monitoring Growth, Development, and Disease Progression 21.  Counseling and Adherence Support for Children and Families with HIV Panel 5: Logistics of Care and Treatment 22.  Pediatric ARV Pricing and Quantification 23.  ART Procurement: The Ethiopia Experience 24.  Laboratory Challenges 25.  Pediatric Programming at the Site Level Working Groups: 26. Recommendations from Working Groups

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