UNICEF's global campaign to help children infected and affected by hiv/aids
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| CAMBODIA: A man carrying a toddler stands beside another child, holding information materials he received as part of an AIDS awareness and prevention presentation by health workers from the provincial hospital, part of the Provincial AIDS Secretariat, in a village in the south-eastern province of Svay Rieng. |
UNICEF, with its partners, has launched a global campaign to help children and adolescents at risk and those who are already infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. The global campaign Unite for Children. Unite against AIDS responds to the lack of attention given to the needs of children and adolescents within the context of the pandemic. The campaign focuses on primary prevention, prevention of mother-to-child-transmission, pediatric AIDS and ensuring protection care and support for children infected and affected by the disease./
From the beginning, Unite for Children. Unite against AIDS will involve UNICEF and its Government, UN and NGO partners. It is a commitment to closely work together and form a unified and powerful response to the threat that HIV/AIDS poses to children and adolescents.
The global campaign will provide a child-focused framework for nationally owned programmes around the Four Ps – urgent imperatives that will make a real difference in the lives of life chances of children affected by AIDS.
- Prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV
By 2010, offer appropriate services to 80 per cent of women in need
- Provide paediatric treatment
By 2010, provide either antiretroviral treatment or cotrimoxazole, or both, to 80 per cent of children in need
- Prevent infection among adolescents and young people
By 2010, reduce the percentage of young people living with HIV by 25 per cent globally
- Protect and support children affected by HIV/AIDS
By 2010, reach 80 per cent of children most in need
UNICEF expects to raise roughly $200 million a year, or a total of $1 billion, during the five-year campaign. For more information, visit the Unite for Children. Unite against AIDS Web site or
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