Saving lives: children's right to HIV and AIDS treatment

Call for action to protect and invest in children in the context of HIV and AIDS

Published by: Global Movement for Children , 2006
Via: Eldis

This report makes a call to action on the right of children to receive treatment for HIV and AIDS. It argues that the human rights of children are severely threatened by HIV and AIDS - stigma and discrimination, economic insecurity and growing burdens of care on families and communities all increase the vulnerability of children. Children also find themselves taking on care giver roles, losing their childhood under the burden of HIV and AIDS. The invisibility of HIV-positive children dramatically increases their vulnerability. The report therefore calls for coordinated action to be taken now to protect the rights of children infected with HIV and to invest in their future.