Aids in Africa
Great progress has been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The past decade saw a 15% reduction in new infections and a 22% decline in AIDS-related deaths. But children are still falling through the gaps. Every day, 1,000 children are newly infected with HIV—this is completely preventable. Only 23% of children living with HIV/AIDS are receiving the necessary treatment. In response to this, UNICEF and the global community made the commitment to achieve an AIDS-free generation by 2015. We now have the tools and the know-how to make this objective a reality. UNICEF has identified three goals that will fulfill the promise of an AIDs-free generation: Reduce new HIV infections among children by 90%, especially by eliminating mother- to-child transmission Reduce new infections among adolescents and young people by half Provide treatment and support for all children and adolescents affected by and living with HIV/AIDS.
UNICEF attended the 19th International AIDS Confederation in Washington D.C., where participants took stock of the HIV response, shared recent scientific developments, and collectively charted a course forward. For UNICEF, the conference was an opportunity to renew the commitment to achieve an AIDS-free generation by 2015.
AIDS is one of the largest and most complex threats to human health the world has ever known. Great stigma compounds already tragic physical consequences. And in the developing world, poverty itself is both a cause and an effect of a pandemic that is devastating the physical, social and economic health of entire regions.
People around the world continue to suffer and die from this disease, which often robs them of family, social networks and ways to make a living. Young women bear the greatest risk of infection and burden of caring for the ill. But many people have found ways to live with dignity despite their HIV-status, and CRS works to replicate that success. In 25 years, HIV has infected more than 65 million people. The majority of those suffering live in Africa, but the pandemic is quickly spreading in many countries throughout Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia. By 2010, it is estimated that 80 million people will be infected and 25 million children will have been orphaned. HIV and AIDS disproportionately affect the poor and vulnerable, and limited resources often prevent poor communities from supporting the millions who suffer.Offering Compassion Moved by compassion, Catholic Relief Services initiated our first HIV and AIDS project in 1986 in Bangkok, Thailand. We now have AIDS programming in 62 countries across Africa and the hardest-hit regions of Asia and Latin America. We operate more than 280 HIV and AIDS projects in the poorest and most vulnerable areas of the developing world, with an expenditure of over $170 million in 2009 alone. In partnership with other faith-based and non-governmental organizations, CRS directly supports more than 4.8 million people affected by the epidemic. CRS programming in HIV and AIDS has evolved to help individuals, families and communities as they struggle through the physical, economic, social and emotional devastation of the disease. By working with local partners — including Catholic, governmental, and other faith-based and private organizations — we empower people and communities to stem the tide of the pandemic.
Sources;
http://www.unicefusa.org/work/hivaids/?gclid=CL6_6rjU1rQCFUOK4AodSwcAQw
UNICEF attended the 19th International AIDS Confederation in Washington D.C., where participants took stock of the HIV response, shared recent scientific developments, and collectively charted a course forward. For UNICEF, the conference was an opportunity to renew the commitment to achieve an AIDS-free generation by 2015.
AIDS is one of the largest and most complex threats to human health the world has ever known. Great stigma compounds already tragic physical consequences. And in the developing world, poverty itself is both a cause and an effect of a pandemic that is devastating the physical, social and economic health of entire regions.
People around the world continue to suffer and die from this disease, which often robs them of family, social networks and ways to make a living. Young women bear the greatest risk of infection and burden of caring for the ill. But many people have found ways to live with dignity despite their HIV-status, and CRS works to replicate that success. In 25 years, HIV has infected more than 65 million people. The majority of those suffering live in Africa, but the pandemic is quickly spreading in many countries throughout Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia. By 2010, it is estimated that 80 million people will be infected and 25 million children will have been orphaned. HIV and AIDS disproportionately affect the poor and vulnerable, and limited resources often prevent poor communities from supporting the millions who suffer.Offering Compassion Moved by compassion, Catholic Relief Services initiated our first HIV and AIDS project in 1986 in Bangkok, Thailand. We now have AIDS programming in 62 countries across Africa and the hardest-hit regions of Asia and Latin America. We operate more than 280 HIV and AIDS projects in the poorest and most vulnerable areas of the developing world, with an expenditure of over $170 million in 2009 alone. In partnership with other faith-based and non-governmental organizations, CRS directly supports more than 4.8 million people affected by the epidemic. CRS programming in HIV and AIDS has evolved to help individuals, families and communities as they struggle through the physical, economic, social and emotional devastation of the disease. By working with local partners — including Catholic, governmental, and other faith-based and private organizations — we empower people and communities to stem the tide of the pandemic.
Sources;
http://www.unicefusa.org/work/hivaids/?gclid=CL6_6rjU1rQCFUOK4AodSwcAQw