According to the report of the Mustard Seed Communities, there is an increase in the HIV/AIDS cases in Zimbabwe. There are around 56,000 children living with the AIDS and 900,000 children are left orphaned because of AIDS.
Worse still, the orphaned...
Tag - AIDS
Father's death gave a mission to Kerril McKay, President of the Portland AIDS Committee Adult Group. McKay's father died five years ago from AIDS. Since then, she promised to herself to help the people suffering from this deadly disease.
At present,...
Will the close of the year 2005 see an AIDS-free childhood? The question is yet to be answered, though some steps have been taken in this regard.
A Global Campaign for AIDS and Children is set to be launched jointly by UNICEF and UNAIDS in the United...
Although the world might claim that it has obtained success in reducing the death and disability cases among the children, yet the study conducted by UNICEF has another story to tell.
There are less than 5 percent children, who have access to...
Infanticide is in its new incarnation in Tanzania. The young girls are forced by their parents to marry a man, without giving any consideration to the will or decision of the girl. The girls are even made to marry a widower or divorcee men, so as to ease...
According to BBC News, there are around 22 million people suffering from AIDS, of which many are from Africa. Most of them die in the prime of their youth, often leaving behind their children.
There are 14 million AIDS orphans in Africa. The ...
Future of Haiti seems to be miserable. Countless children at a very tender age are seen throbbing in the prison stadium. Yes, you read it write, when kids in the other part of the world are preparing themselves to read and write, children in this country...
The global AIDS epidemic shows no signs of abating. Although some countries are looking forward towards progress with respect to treating children suffering from AIDS, however, universally the situation is not the same.
Young people and children are...
Northern highlands of Ethiopia are still drenched into the age-old custom of child marriage. Despite international agreements and national laws, marriage of young girls is common practice in the region.
What does this proves, is a girl mere commodity...
This space, dedicated to the issues related to the children of the world and the problems they are encountering, has been keeping tab of the pulse of our future harbingers, trying to do justice by giving voice to their cries. We highlighted major issues...
Children in Mali, Africa are thronging the schools but unfortunately, the school cannot accommodate the huge number.
During September, Makamba Keito, the school�s director, was expecting not more than 420 pupils for sixth standard but list was...
AIDS is a disease without boundaries and the speed with which it has engulfed every part of the world proves it. Last year an estimated 2.7 million people were infected in Sub-Saharan Africa alone. Worldwide the figure is about four million.
According...
After the discovery of the fatal virus HIV in 1981 that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), it was believed that it could be comprehended accordingly but the map showed a completely different picture, especially in South Africa. Even...
According an official report presented by Dr. Austin Omoigberale from the World Health organization in a session held by the Nigerian Medical Association's, over the last five years the death of children affected by HIV/AIDS have increased to 36%....
The fate of a huge number of children in SA is unpredictable as they are fighting hard to cope with a life without parents.
Those unfortunate orphans have lost their parents to HIV/AIDS and now it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to...
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