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Children With HIV Need More Treatment Options; DNDi Aims To Help Fill The Void

September 28, 2011

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South Africa 2003 © Francesco Zizola/Noor

Without proper treatment, half of the 370,000 children newly infected with HIV last year will die before they reach their second birthday. But very few medicines are designed and adapted specifically for children, and are affordable and practical to use in the places where they live. The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) recently announced a new project to help develop appropriate HIV drugs for children. Visit DNDi at www.dndina.org.

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Tags: HIV/AIDS, Child

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