<span class="paragraphSection"><strong>Background:</strong> Children have an augmented risk of pretreatment HIV drug resistance (PDR) due to exposure to antiretroviral drugs for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT). Paediatric data are essential to evaluate the effectiveness of the restricted number of paediatric regimens currently available, but these data are scarce.<strong>Methods:</strong> We conducted a systematic review of the literature on PDR in children (median age ≤12 years) in sub-Saharan Africa. We separately extracted the proportion of children with PDR for children with and without prior PMTCT exposure, used random-effects meta-analysis to pool proportions and used meta-regression to assess subgroup differences.<strong>Results:</strong> We included 19 studies representing 2617 children from 13 countries. The pooled PDR prevalence was 42.7% (95% CI 26.2%–59.1%) among PMTCT-exposed children and 12.7% (95% CI 6.7%–18.7%) among PMTCT-unexposed children (<span style="font-style:italic;">P </span>=<span style="font-style:italic;"> </span>0.004). The PDR prevalence in PMTCT-unexposed children increased from 0% in 2004 to 26.8% in 2013 (<span style="font-style:italic;">P </span>=<span style="font-style:italic;"> </span>0.009). NNRTI mutations were detected in 32.4% (95% CI 18.7%–46.1%) of PMTCT-exposed children and in 9.7% (95% CI 4.6%–14.8%) of PMTCT-unexposed children; PI mutations were uncommon (<2.5%). PDR was more common in children aged <3 years compared with children aged ≥3 years [40.9% (95% CI 27.6%–54.3%) versus 17.6% (95% CI 8.9%–26.3%), respectively (<span style="font-style:italic;">P </span>=<span style="font-style:italic;"> </span>0.025)].<strong>Conclusions:</strong> The PDR prevalence in African children is high and rapidly increasing. Even in PMTCT-unexposed children, the most recent reports indicate that PDR is present in up to a third of children starting first-line therapy. Our data underscore the importance of initiating PI-based first-line ART in young children (<3 years of age) and suggest that older children may also benefit from this approach.</span>
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