Meeting report from the RIATT-ESA regional conference that took place from 29 September-2 October 2008, in Dar es Salaam.
As a step towards building a regional strategy on children and AIDS, the RIATT identified the need to hold a regional conference and provide a platform for multi country, interagency and intergenerational exchange around key evidence-based findings and recommendations on universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support for children in the context of HIV and AIDS.
Approximately 300 delegates from 19 countries in East and Southern Africa, including 23 children and 12 older carers, convened in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for the “Getting it Right For Children: Moving Towards Universal Access for Prevention, Care and Treatment for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS” Conference. In addition to the children and older carers, delegates were made up of senior level government representatives, UN agencies, civil society organizations, international cooperating partners, and research and academia.
