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(Left) Salome [NAME CHANGED] is HIV-positive. She is 7 years old and lives with her sister at the Turkana Outreach Orphanage in Kenya, run by Ruth Kuya, who was herself orphaned at age 12. Salome’s mother contracted HIV while she was a sex worker and died of AIDS-related causes. The Orphanage began in 1994 and now shelters 40 children, most of whom have been affected by HIV/AIDS; five are HIV-positive.
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CAN YOU SEE ME?
(Left) Salome [NAME CHANGED] is HIV-positive. She is 7 years old and lives with her sister at the Turkana Outreach Orphanage in Kenya, run by Ruth Kuya, who was herself orphaned at age 12. Salome’s mother contracted HIV while she was a sex worker and died of AIDS-related causes. The Orphanage began in 1994 and now shelters 40 children, most of whom have been affected by HIV/AIDS; five are HIV-positive.
© UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani
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UNITE FOR CHILDREN - UNITE AGAINST AIDS
In Swaziland, a national push for an HIV-free generation
On March 22, the Government of Swaziland launched a framework to mount the final push toward achieving the goal of eliminating new HIV infections among children and improving the health of women within the next two years.
Swaziland has the highest HIV prevalence in the world. In 2010, an estimated 41 per cent of pregnant women in the country were infected with HIV.
Watch as we report on programmes in Swaziland that are helping HIV-positive parents lead healthy lives and have HIV-free children.
You can read more here
BREAKING NEWS from UNAIDS and UNICEF
We’re delighted to share some potentially very exciting news today. A baby born with HIV appears to have been “functionally cured” through treatment.
This news gives us great hope that a cure for HIV in children is possible and could bring us one step closer to an AIDS free generation.
But it’s vital we continue to treat mothers with HIV so that they do not transmit the virus to their babies. Children like 18-month-old Felix, pictured, who is HIV negative thanks to the treatment his HIV positive mother received in Zambia.
Read the full press release from UNICEF and UNAIDS’ here
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WORLD AIDS DAY - December 1, 2012
Video Report: In Zimbabwe, village health workers play an essential role in the primary healthcare system and the fight against HIV/AIDS
Women are the focus of World AIDS Day this year. From mothers and caregivers to healthcare workers and policy-makers, women are essential to reaching an AIDS-free generation, which is within reach, at long last.
With AIDS still the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age globally and the main cause of child mortality in countries with high HIV prevalence, UNICEF is featuring women whose strength and resilience help face the realities of the disease from fighting stigma to eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
Read more: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/zimbabwe_66508.html
Child headed households
In Zimbabwe, a boy orphaned by AIDS peers out the broken window of his home in Harare, the capital. He lives with his sister and receives assistance from a UNICEF-supported programme that helps child-headed households.
© UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi
VIDEO REPORT: Batting for HIV awareness
The Think Wise campaign is a joint effort among the International Cricket Council, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and UNICEF. Cricket stars from across Africa, Asia and the Caribbean come together to tackle discrimination and to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS.
Read more: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/sri_lanka_66030.html
Think Wise: http://www.thinkwisecricket.com/
Children practice yoga and relaxation techniques in the playroom at GAPA (AIDS Prevention and Support Group) in Salvador, capital of the eastern state of Bahia in Brazil. Many of the children are being treated with universal antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, provided free of charge by the Ministry of Health. The UNICEF-assisted NGO advocates for the rights of HIV-positive children, including the right to life, health, nutrition, education, social and community life.
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VIDEO REPORT: Keeping babies HIV free
UNICEF correspondent Chris Niles reports on a programme that’s putting an end to Mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Ethiopia.
Learn more: http://uni.cf/OMA3A6
In Zimbabwe, children dance at a school in Harare, the capital. UNICEF assists the school and its AIDS club, an extracurricular programme that promotes HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention and supports children affected by HIV/AIDS.
© UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi
“It is inconceivable to me that in a world filled with iPads and tweets we are still fighting for the rights of mothers to have their children born free of HIV. This should be as easy as creating a Facebook page. So come, let’s use everything we know and every way we can to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS today.”
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Whoopi Goldberg is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and was speaking ahead of the XIX International AIDS Conference, which is taking place now in Washington, D.C. USA.
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