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Special Report

CHILDREN AND HIV/AIDS

July 1, 2007

In rich countries, paediatric HIV/AIDS is largely under control: prevention of mother-to-child transmission is successful, and infants and children have access to diagnostics and antiretroviral therapy. But 87% of the estimated 2.3 million children living with HIV/AIDS grow up in sub-Saharan Africa, and the vast majority are beyond the reach of these health services. They are condemned to die due to lack of access to treatment.

Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) experience has shown that children respond very well to treatment and can get better quickly. However, practical issues make diagnosing and treating children infected with HIV/AIDS much more difficult than adults. The impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on children has been, and will continue to be, devastating. More than 15 million children have lost one or both parents to the AIDS epidemic

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Tags: HIV/AIDS, Access to Medicines

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