title: Children's HIV Association
text: # Children's HIV Association
  
  The Children's HIV Association (CHIVA) is a British charity which supports children, young people and families living with HIV.
  
  The charity's aims are:
  
  * Enhance the health and social outcomes for children, young people and families living with HIV
  * Reduce the isolation of children and young people living with HIV
  * Ensure the voices of children, young people and families living with HIV are present in service and practice development
  * Reduce the stigma faced by children, young people and families living with HIV
  * Facilitate knowledge about HIV and thus empower young people with HIV to become more independent.
  
  In 2008 it worked with the British Medical Association to publish a joint set of guidelines for the management of HIV in pregnant women.
  
  It was one of the seven charities nominated by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to receive donations in lieu of wedding presents when the couple married on 19 May 2018.
  
  