Friday, May 14, 2004
It makes you want to cry - 700,000 children in South Africa with AIDS
700,000 South African children are infected with HIV
Andrew Meldrum in Pretoria
Friday May 14, 2004
The Guardian
More than 700,000 South African children aged 14 years and younger are HIV-positive, according to figures reported yesterday.
A survey by the Human Sciences Research Council found that the Aids epidemic was as widespread among the country's young as in the population at large. An estimated 5.7 million of South Africa's 45 million people are infected with the virus, giving it the largest HIV-positive population in the world.
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The younger children are believed to have contracted HIV from their mothers, and the older through sexual abuse.
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The survey also showed that 3.3% of children between two and 18 had lost one or both parents to Aids. The UN estimates the disease has orphaned 660,000 South African children.
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Alessa: At least Canada is doing something with the generics medication thing...
Andrew Meldrum in Pretoria
Friday May 14, 2004
The Guardian
More than 700,000 South African children aged 14 years and younger are HIV-positive, according to figures reported yesterday.
A survey by the Human Sciences Research Council found that the Aids epidemic was as widespread among the country's young as in the population at large. An estimated 5.7 million of South Africa's 45 million people are infected with the virus, giving it the largest HIV-positive population in the world.
...
The younger children are believed to have contracted HIV from their mothers, and the older through sexual abuse.
...
The survey also showed that 3.3% of children between two and 18 had lost one or both parents to Aids. The UN estimates the disease has orphaned 660,000 South African children.
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Alessa: At least Canada is doing something with the generics medication thing...
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