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  • Title: Social aspects of HIV / AIDS and children.
    Author: Blake D.
    Journal: Child Worldw; 1993; 20(2-3):9-10. PubMed ID: 12179324.
    Abstract:
    The World Health Organization estimated that by mid-1993 a total 14 million people had been infected with HIV since the beginning of the pandemic, at least one million of whom are children. Most HIV-infected children acquire HIV in utero, during birth, or after birth. Some become infected as a result of unprotected sexual intercourse, while a diminishing proportion of children are infected due to blood transfusion. Africa has more than 8 million infected people and accounts for more than 75% of HIV infection in children worldwide. The social determinants and consequences of HIV in children are therefore related to the occurrence of HIV in adults, in mothers in particular, as well as to the role and status of children in society. High levels of other sexually transmitted diseases, high levels of unprotected sex, shared needles among drug users, low educational levels, infrequent contact with health and social services, the low level of development of existing services, denial and complacency concerning the magnitude and seriousness of the epidemic, and widespread poverty have facilitated the rapid spread of HIV in developing countries. Women are particularly vulnerable. The author further notes that high AIDS mortality will lead to 10 million children becoming orphans by the year 2000.
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