We translate paediatric and adolescent HIV research into policies, programmes, and practical tools that change outcomes across Africa. Join a movement that is building evidence-driven, sustainable care for children and adolescents.
Vision
A healthy Africa where every child and adolescent reaches their full potential.
Mission
Translate paediatric and adolescent HIV research into practical policies, scalable programmes and local capacity to deliver equitable, evidence-driven care that saves lives.
Core Values
Evidence-driven, equitable, collaborative, innovative, youth-centred, accountable, and sustainable. We build local capacity to deliver measurable impact for children and families.
Advancing Paediatric & Adolescent HIV Care in Africa
We are living in an era in which we now have the knowledge, tools, evidence, and resources we need to implement paediatric and adolescent health programmes efficiently, and to provide quality HIV care. The biggest challenge has been a lack of knowledge and skills to translate what we know works or evidence-based interventions into practice.
To address this gap, STREPP has started three initiatives for the African continent:
- The Uganda Paediatric ART Cohort (UPART) to generate evidence-based interventions to improve paediatric and adolescent HIV programmes.
- The International Paediatric HIV/AIDS Symposium for Africa (IPHASA) to provide a platform for stakeholders conducting paediatric and adolescent HIV research to share their findings.
- The Paediatric and Adolescent HIV Learning Collaborative for Africa (PAHLCA) for Ministry of Health teams from over 30 African countries who lead paediatric and adolescent HIV programmes and their respective stakeholders to share experiences and best practices.
We have integrated implementation science capacity-building in the IPHASA and PAHLCA meetings, to equip participants with knowledge and skills to translate evidence-based interventions into policies and practice. Through the IPHASA meeting, we provide young African researchers with research grants to apply what they learn through the implementation science capacity-building sessions. Through our newly established STREPP Health Training Institute (SHTI), and through the generous support of our funders, we will train our first cohort of PAHLCA participating Ministry of Health teams in Implementation Science Research in Pretoria South Africa before the PAHLCA and IPHASA 2026 meetings. The call for application will soon be launched on our website.
Join us and support our work to end AIDS in children by 2030, and to improve the quality of health of children and adolescents on the African continent.
Dr. Eleanor Namusoke Magongo
Founder — STREPP Health for Africa