Listen, secret!: issues and research by children affected by HIV/AIDS in Xinjang and Yunnan, China

HIV/AIDS and children in China

Published by: Save the Children Fund (SCF) , 2006
Via: Eldis

This report presents the findings of a research programme in two locations in China that are heavily affected by HIV/AIDS; Yining City in Yili Prefecture and Yingjiang County in Dehong Prefecture. This report from focuses on the main concerns of children in these areas: the definitions of children in difficulties, their difficulties and expectations, and particularly, the impact of HIV/AIDS upon children.

High HIV-prevalence in both areas stems from intravenous drug use, and their proximity to drug production areas in the `Golden Crescent’ and the `Golden Triangle’. These circumstances have tended to result in a focus on issues related to adults, with less attention paid to children, hence this research. Children are not a single, stereotypical group, and their circumstances, ideas and issues vary by location as well as age, gender and other aspects of human diversity.