Almost every minute of every day, a child dies because of AIDS, and another two young people are infected with HIV.
UNICEF’s goal is to reduce by 25 per cent the number of young people with HIV globally.
[3] Only a fraction of children living with HIV receive life-saving anti-retroviral therapy (ART).
Current paediatric ARVs are still expensive compared to adult formulas, which are not packaged in child-friendly doses.
The protection, prevention, treatment and support for children affected by HIV and AIDS remains insufficient.
In May 2009, UNICEF UK launched a new phase of the 'Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS' campaign.
Focused on preventing infection among adolescents and young people, this campaign is called ‘We want to live free from HIV’.