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Stars switch off social media for AIDS cause

A host of celebrities including Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga and Justin Timberlake will temporarily sign off their social media platforms in support of Keep A Child Alive.

Published
28 November 2010
From
CBC
Support issues for children and young people
Zimbabwe: We Need to Take Care of Children Living With HIV

An HIV positive child under your care is still your family and like any other child, your responsibility as their parent.

Published
15 November 2010
From
AllAfrica
Child developmental issues
SOUTH AFRICA: The difference AIDS makes to vulnerable children

New South African research shows that AIDS-affected children struggle with educational and mental health issues more than their peers, who are vulnerable for other reasons.

Published
05 November 2010
From
IRIN Plus News
Support issues for children and young people
Social Protection Needed To Protect And Support Children Affected By HIV And AIDS

In an effort to forge greater commitment for child sensitive social protection policies, 40 parliamentarians from ten countries in Eastern and Southern Africa are gathering for a three day meeting in Windhoek, Namibia...

Published
24 October 2010
From
HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Support issues for children and young people
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Social Protection, a Human Right?

Without contributions from well wishers and government grants of between 68 and 104 dollars per month per child, the House of Mother and Child in Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg, would barely be able to provide for the 18 vulnerable children who call the place home.

Published
16 October 2010
From
Inter Press Service
Support issues for children and young people
Young adults who have lived their whole lives with HIV

Thanks to antiretroviral drugs, individuals who were infected with HIV as a baby are now reaching 30. Their challenges are daunting.

Published
16 September 2010
From
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Support issues for children and young people
HIV-positive orphans face new dilemma

As the life expectancy of children living with HIV increases, where do AIDS orphans who have been cared for in institutions all their lives go for help after they turn 18? Caregivers and counsellors now have to deal with issues of dating, sex and health education, accommodation and tertiary education.

Published
14 September 2010
From
Press release
KENYA: Help HIV-positive children in pain, urges HRW

A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Kenyan government needs to do more to provide palliative care for children with chronic illnesses, including cancer and HIV/AIDS.

Published
09 September 2010
From
IRIN Plus News
HIV+ suspect 4-yr-old girl sent out of school in India

A four-year old child of HIV-positive parents was forced from school in Anantapur by parents of other pupils this week.

Published
25 August 2010
From
Times of India
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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