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Paediatric Breakthrough Partnership (PBP)
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This is a community-driven HIV response targeting children, adolescents, and pregnant & breastfeeding mothers across 29 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Taraba and Rivers states. Phase II supports 50 comprehensive HIV sites (26 in Taraba; 24 in Rivers), with funding from ViiV Healthcare UK, to strengthen community–facility linkages for HIV prevention, testing, case finding, treatment, and retention in care.
Key Approaches & Objectives
The objectives are as follows;
• Strengthening evidence-driven advocacy to influence policymakers and other key state actors to accelerate progress in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT), to provide sufficient financing and rights-based policies that address gender equality and socioeconomic barriers hindering the uptake of services by children and expectant and breastfeeding mothers in Taraba and Rivers states
• Scaling access to evidence-based, integrated, culturally acceptable, and comprehensive HIV services led by facilities and communities for children and expectant and breastfeeding mothers.
• Generating high-quality data from facilities and communities for the documentation and dissemination of impact and best practices in-country and globally.
Through synergistic efforts from the partners, the project works to reduce the burden of HIV in both states using the tailored approaches below;
• Coordination & Governance:
o Hosting Technical Working Group (TWG) in both states to ensure real-time problem solving and data alignment.
o Facilitating clinic-community collaboration (C3) meetings to deepen stakeholder complimentary efforts;
o DATA-Driven Programming: enhancing NDARS reporting for data consistency and reliability
o Embedding activities into state health systems to engender sustainability.
• Community Facility Strengthening:
o Community mobilisation efforts by Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs), mentor mothers, and other mobilisers in deploying massive, coordinated community awareness and sensitisation to improve uptake of free HIV testing and care
o Targeted strategies including house-to-house testing, testing at shelter homes, testing at TBA homes, and primary health care centres to deepen our reach.
• Retention and Psychosocial support:
o Across both states, established several active Village Savings & Loan Associations (VSLA) bolstering financial and peer support to caregivers directly reducing Interruption in Treatment (IIT) rates and ensuring continuum of care.
o Monthly Kidz’ Club sessions has reached over 500 children, reinforcing adherence to medication, supporting psychosocial resilience, HIV disclosure among children and adolescents using age-appropriate language to drive retention message and driving viral suppression.
o Male Involvement: convening male involvement meetings to drive family health and boost HIV service uptake.
Notable Achievements
Through targeted, community led strategies and multi sector partnerships, the PBP has strengthened local health systems, expanded access to paediatric HIV services, and driven measurable improvements in treatment outcomes paving the way toward sustained impact and eventual scale-up across Nigeria. Breakthrough Partner Synergies: SFH, EGPAF, PATA, and UNICEF, co designing joint interventions and leveraging each partner’s technical expertise.
– Expanded PMTCT and Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) services through joint technical and field support, boosting quality and rates.
– Supported TWG meetings to highlight data gaps, harmonise reporting, and improve accountability.
– Provided HIV test kits, consumables, and improved data tools to ensure uninterrupted service delivery and reliable NDARS reporting.
– Convened Linking & Learning event to foster learning across states on the integration of community- and facility-based responses to improve continuity of care by strengthening early infant diagnosis, retention, and disclosure among children and adolescents living with HIV.
