Large number of children living with undetected HIV, experts warn

Close to 40 percent of children aged one to 14 years across seven African countries are estimated to be living with undiagnosed HIV.

Health experts say 166,000 children living with HIV in Tanzania, Zambia, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia and Zimbabwe are not on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and this is indicative of the prevalence of missed HIV diagnosis among children in sub-Saharan Africa.