DEC 1st -WORLD AIDS DAY - Page 2

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Clinton, Sonia launch paediatric AIDS initiative

Friday, December 01, 2006

Source: IANS
Image Source: AP

New Delhi: Nearly 10,000 HIV/AIDS-affected children across the country are likely to benefit from the National Paediatric HIV/AIDS Initiative that was launched here on Thursday by ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chief Sonia Gandhi and former US President Bill Clinton.

"Even as many countries make progress in combating HIV/AIDS, children are being left behind," the former President declared at a function here where he handed over anti-retroviral therapy (ART) drugs for 10,000 children provided free of cost by The Clinton HIV/AIDS Foundation.

There will be 36 ART centres and seven registered paediatric centres where free CD-4 count monitoring till the age of 15 - a test for HIV/AIDS - will be done under the initiative.

According to Clinton, his foundation has focussed on treatment for children and is committed to treating 100,000 minors worldwide by the end of 2007.

"This is a great day but we have a long way to go," he maintained, adding every child should have access to anti-AIDS drugs.

Sonia and Clinton also toured the Kalavati Saran Children's Hospital here that is the first to offer free ART drugs to children. They handed over a protocol booklet for administering the treatment to hospital in-charge A.K. Dutta.

Terming the initiative the "most important step forward", Gandhi said even though there were a number of states with low HIV/AIDS prevalence, "care should be taken as these are most vulnerable".

Lamenting that "social ostracism" was "still prevalent", she called for removing the stigma attached to the disease so that more patients could be treated.

Vinniedi, thank you posting this. Actually this August the XVI International AIDS Conference was held in Toronto. There was a worldwide participation of over 20,000 people where France had a major input and Bill Gates, Bill Clinton all attended. Our Univ. had participated in conducting workshops. All of the stories were heartwrenching. There is the website if anyone is interested in checking it out:

http://globalvillage.aids2006.org/English/home.aspx


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thanks for this topic... 😊

i hope the AIDS disease get lower...i dont know anyone with AIDS now but i hope all the ppl with it r treated right...i hope the ppl with AIDS have a long life and r treated...

Thanks for opening this Topic

Hope All People with Aids are cured

and, if dun mind me asking, is Dec 1 the day that HiV/Aids were discovered??

Suny,

It was not discovered on Dec 1st but first world Aids Day was declared on 1st Dec 1988 by WHO (world health organisation) since then this day is World Aids Day

Nice topic... Unfortunately, India is the country with the most HIV affected people...Indian villages lack the encouragement they have to get. There should be some organisation where villagers with aids are encouraged to fight aids.
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