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  • Title: Over a million children have AIDS.
    Journal: Afr Health; 1997 Sep; 19(6):5. PubMed ID: 12321242.
    Abstract:
    This article presents new figures on the number of children with AIDS released by the UNAIDS in June 1997 in its publication "Children Living in a World with AIDS." The number of children with AIDS is expected to reach over 1 million children during 1997. The concern was raised that the increase in child cases of AIDS will offset gains in infant and child mortality in developing countries. By 2010, AIDS among children may increase infant mortality by as much as 25% and increase child mortality by over 100% in regions most affected by AIDS. About 90% of children with AIDS are from poorer nations in Africa. 1.5 million people died of AIDS in 1996, of which 350,000 were children under 15 years old. Children are at risk of AIDS through mother-child transmission routes, unsafe handling of blood and injection practices, sex including sexual abuse, coercion and commercial exploitation, and drug use. UNAIDS estimates that by mid-1996, about 9 million children under 15 years old lost their mothers to AIDS, of which children 90% were from sub-Saharan Africa. The World Bank estimates that 1.2 million children under 18 years old in Uganda lost at least 1 parent to AIDS. About 50,000 loss-of-parent cases are added each year. UNICEF found that children orphaned by AIDS are the fastest growing marginalized group in Zimbabwe. By the end of 1996, about 8% of children aged 15 years old lost their mothers to AIDS in Zimbabwe. UNICEF reports that about 30% of younger sex workers in Kenya were HIV-positive. This high rate among young girls may be due to the belief that younger girls are less likely to be infected with HIV/AIDS. The UN estimates that 1 in 5 babies born to HIV-infected mothers becomes infected during delivery. 1 in 7 becomes infected during the breast feeding period. Breast feeding is protective against some diseases and avoids many safety risks but does not protect against AIDS.
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