Alleviate Suffering of Babies with AIDS and HIV HIV/AIDS is
devastating communities around the world. Global HIV/AIDS
statistics show more than 33 million people are infected, about
2.5 million of whom are children. In fact, every hour another 30
children die from AIDS. In Kenya alone, more than 100,000
children are infected. While many HIV-positive people in the
Western world can gain decades of good health thanks to
increasingly effective drug regimens, in the developing world,
nearly a third of children born with HIV are still dying before
their first birthday. Half will die before their second
birthday, and three-quarters do not make it to age five,
according to figures gathered by the United Nations. Proper
prenatal care can alleviate suffering of babies with AIDS and
HIV. HIV testing, educating about breastfeeding, and
administering AZT to HIV positive pregnant women and their
newborns after birth significantly reduces the rate of
transmission of AIDS and HIV from mothers to their babies.
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