Breakthrough Partnership (BP)
The Breakthrough Partnership (BP) is a collaborative initiative aimed at ending paediatric AIDS by 2030 in priority locations across Cameroon, Uganda, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Tanzania. It focuses on the HIV cascade of case finding, linkage, treatment, and retention in care for infants, children, and adolescents while implementing a sustainable and replicable quality package of interventions guided by UNICEF’s Paediatric Service Delivery Framework: “Improving HIV Service Delivery for Infants, Children, and Adolescents- A Framework for country programming.”
By addressing key gaps in priority locations, the Partnership fosters a collaborative approach aligned with national systems. It is implemented by Paediatric-Adolescent Treatment Africa (PATA), the Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), AidsFonds, and UNICEF, and convened with support from ViiV Healthcare’s Positive Action.
The partnership is based on co-creation, co-investment, and co-accountability, and it is implemented jointly with governments, health authorities, and implementers to prioritise paediatric and adolescent HIV services, influence policy, and mobilise resources to close service delivery gaps. Communities remain central to the response by driving demand, supporting treatment continuity, and ensuring that children and adolescents stay connected to care and empowered to remain engaged.
As a health facility partner in the Breakthrough Partnership, PATA works to strengthen the delivery of paediatric and adolescent HIV services by building the capacity of health facilities and frontline providers. Through its linking-and-learning model, PATA supports shared learning, improved service quality, and better continuity of care. By engaging communities and health systems, PATA helps ensure that children and adolescents are connected to treatment and supported to stay in care.
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