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As a result of the scale-up of wider prevention efforts, increased HIV testing and increased access to more potent combination antiretroviral therapy treatment, great progress has been made in stabilizing the global AIDS epidemic resulting in fewer new infections, better health outcomes and fewer AIDS-related deaths. Children however have lagged behind adults in access to HIV care and treatment resulting in new HIV infections among infants, children and youth, incomplete access to treatment and ongoing mortality. Further scale-up of prevention of mother-to-child transmission efforts, increasing access to lifesaving antiretroviral medications, addressing the complex psychosocial and medical needs of children, adolescents, and young adults infected with HIV and preventing new infections in adolescents and young adults remain critical steps in reaching the goal of an AIDS-free generation.

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Gillespie, S.L. (2016). Epidemiology of Pediatric HIV Infection. In: Chenneville, T. (eds) A Clinical Guide to Pediatric HIV. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49704-4_1

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