India, Aug. 31 -- About 660 children acquired HIV every day in 2025, while around 200 died from AIDS-related causes, UNICEF estimates.

Some 1.26 million children aged under 15 were living with HIV, nearly 87% of them in sub-Saharan Africa.

New HIV infections among children have fallen sharply since 2010, but progress has been slower among adolescents.

UNICEF says gaps in testing, treatment and prevention continue to drive avoidable infections and deaths.

Despite major progress in tackling human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, worldwide, inequalities in access to prevention, testing and treatment continue to put children and adolescents at risk of preventable infections and deaths, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICE...