Children affected by HIV and AIDS are disadvantaged in almost all aspects of life. We are reducing the impact of HIV and AIDS on children’s lives.
Increasing global prevention, care and support
We are expanding our HIV and AIDS programmes in 16 countries where we can achieve the most for children. During 2010 Save the Children reached more than 194,000 children affected by HIV and AIDS in Ethiopia and Mozambique with health, nutrition, education and psychosocial support.
Kadiatu's baby Kadija in one of the hats knitted by Save the Children supporters distributed through the Kroo Bay clinic, Sierra Leone. Kadiatu explains, 'I'm very happy with the hat. As a mother I worry about getting enough food and clothing for my children. It floods where we live and gets very cold when the the water comes into the house.' Anna Kari / Save the Children
We ensure that families with HIV have the knowledge and skills to be resilient. In 2010 we provided treatment, support and life skills training to 1,579 children with HIV in Uganda, and trained 100 local volunteers to assist families affected by HIV and AIDS.
We help reduce the spread of HIV through education and by ensuring that HIV positive pregnant women access treatment to protect their babies. In Nicaragua we reached 4,350 children through an HIV prevention programme, which led to 80% of the adolescents on the programme adopting less risky behaviour.
To dramatically increase the scale of our HIV and AIDS programmes we require significant additional investment in our work. In 2010 we made a great step forward by receiving a US$44 million grant from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria in Myanmar. This will help us to reach some of the world’s most vulnerable children and young people.
