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Young people affected by HIV must be supported year in, year out
Editor–The increase in cases of HIV infection worldwide is reported to have included 600 000 new cases in children in 19971; the theme of the most recent World AIDS Day was children. The danger with this theme, and the day, is that we may isolate both—as if HIV matters on only one day a year and children with HIV infection are separate from the rest of the population.
The truth is that HIV infection is with us all year round, across the world. The UN report shows that, worldwide, over 30 million people have HIV infection. Most do not have access to clean water, adequate housing, or the basic health care that might be taken for granted in developed countries. Children live in households where whole generations are being wiped out by starvation and war. People fleeing
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