Ray of hope for children with HIV and Aids

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta cuts a cake during the Beyond Zero leadership summit. [Willis Awandu, Standard]

Hope may be close by for children living with HIV if a new powder form of anti-retroviral drug formulation, specifically made for children, is adopted and introduced by 2019.

Speaking at a recent international conference on neglected diseases in Kampala, Uganda, Dr Olawale Salami, the Africa Project Manager for Paediatric HIV at the Drugs for Neglected Disease initiative (DNDi), said children living with HIV have been neglected for long, when it comes to treatment options.