Because of improvements in HIV treatment and care, large numbers of children who were born with HIV are now able to live healthy and productive lives as young adults. There are a lot of good reasons to believe that HIV-positive children who get the treatment that they need can now look forward to a long and healthy life.

However, HIV can have a major impact on the health and quality of life of your child and sadly some children, mostly those who do not get the right treatment in time, do still die because of HIV.

Getting the right treatment, care and support is important for the health and wellbeing of your child. There’s also support available that can help you to respond to some of the difficult situations and decisions that you may encounter if you are looking after a child affected by HIV.