UNICEF: 1,000 under 15 get HIV each day

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070117/ap_on_he_me/un_children_aids


Despite progress in preventing
HIV transmission from pregnant mothers to their babies, more than 1,000 children around the world were infected with the disease each day in 2006, according to a U.N. report.

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But worldwide, 410,000 to 660,000 children under the age of 15 were infected with the disease last year — mostly during or immediately after birth — the report said. Half of them will die of
AIDS-related diseases within two years if they do not receive appropriate medical treatment.

Only seven countries are on track to meet the target of providing access to treatment for 80 percent of women in need by 2010,
UNICEF spokesman Patrick McCormick said. These countries are Argentina, Brazil, Botswana, Jamaica, Russia, Thailand and Ukraine.

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UNICEF said early diagnosis and treatment with cost-effective drugs were crucial to achieving a turnaround in the AIDS epidemic, which claims about 2.9 million lives worldwide each year, including some 380,000 children.
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and their dying was not pleasant,it was an awful thing for them to go through.

we so love the children

pointless to talk about it?