Access to Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children(PPT 21)

Sheldon ShaefferandAnnelene Rør
UNESCO Bangkok
UNESCO’s strategy for HIV/AIDS preventive education
      Fighting HIV/AIDS through preventive education is no single-point programme. UNESCO’s priority in preventive education is directed towards 5 core tasks:
Advocacy at all levels;
Customizing the message;
Changing risk behaviour;
Caring for the infected and affected;
Coping with the institutional impact of HIV/AIDS.

HIV/AIDS and Children
Worldwide, UNAIDS estimates that 3 million children are HIV+ or live with AIDS
Mother to Child transmission - pregnancy, delivery and breastfeeding - ART, caesarian - Antibodies
Worldwide UNAIDS estimates that more than 14 million children under the age of 15 are orphaned due to AIDS