Your Gift, Their Future; 

Across East Africa, cancer is a growing public health crisis, driven by late diagnosis, limited access to screening and treatment, and high rates of HIV infection that increase vulnerability to certain cancers. In Eastern Africa alone, an estimated over 324,000 new cancer cases occur each year, with more than 10 % attributable to HIV infection, underscoring the deadly overlap between the two epidemics, an overlap that increasingly affects children living with HIV (CLHIV).

For CLHIV, the burden is especially severe. Eastern and Southern Africa are home to the majority of the 25.6 million people living with HIV globally, including millions of children who now survive into adolescence and adulthood due to expanded access to antiretroviral therapy. While approximately 79 % of people living with HIV know their status, progress remains uneven for children. Many CLHIV face delayed diagnosis, limited access to age-appropriate cancer screening, and weak integration of pediatric HIV and cancer services, leaving HIV-related cancers undetected until advanced stages, when treatment options are fewer and outcomes poorer.

Your support can change this;

By donating to AfyaFund, you help close the gap for children living with HIV-strengthening early detection, integrated HIV–cancer care, and child-centered treatment and palliative support. Stand with us to protect young lives, support families, and ensure that no child in East Africa is left behind because of illness or circumstance.

 

We focus on those who often fall through the cracks of traditional health systems, ensuring no one is left behind.