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Children

This factsheet provides some practical information that you might find useful if you are the parent or carer of an HIV-positive child....

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Your decision

Is it a good idea to tell other people you have HIV? This booklet covers the pros and cons of telling people in a variety...

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Talking to your child about HIV

Giving your child information about HIV will be an ongoing process. What you say at any one time will depend on the child’s age, their...

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Telling other people that your child has HIV

It’s up to you who you tell, and when you tell them, that your child has HIV. You don’t have to tell playgroups, schools or...

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JD and Max tell their stories

The geographical transition from paediatrics to adult care was minimal. In fact leaving the sixth floor of St Mary’s to go to their ground floor 900 Clinic...

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Adolescents living with HIV face complex psychosocial concerns: require targeted, comprehensive services

As the number of young people living with HIV increases internationally, new and innovative ways to talk about sex, disclosure, and health need to be developed for HIV-positive adolescents. According to a panel presenting at the Eighteenth International AIDS ...
20 July 2010 | Mara Kardas-Nelson
Testing children in UK: progress made, but more work needed for older children and those living abroad

Efforts to improve the detection of HIV infection in children born to HIV-positive patients were reported in a series of posters at the joint conference of the British HIV Association (BHIVA) and the British Association of ...
27 April 2010 | Roger Pebody

Sexual and Reproductive Health for young HIV positive adolescents

This manual gives guidance and direction to healthcare workers who recognise that sexual and reproductive health is a critical component of adolescent service provision.
23 August 2011 | Anova Health Institute
More families are adopting HIV-positive children

While most adoptions present challenges, there's a distinctive set of them facing parents who decide to adopt children living with HIV. A twice-daily medication regimen, lingering prejudice and fear, uncertainty about the child's longevity and marriage prospects.
03 April 2011 | The Seattle Times
South Africa: Early Disclosure to Children Could Be Best

Disclosing your child's HIV status to them can be a difficult thing to do for a caregiver, but it's probably the best thing you would have done for them. According to the Wits Institute for Health HIV and Related Diseases, disclosure has incredible benefits.
15 February 2011 | AllAfrica
Kenya: Support Disclosure of HIV Status to Children

Children have the right to age-appropriate information about their HIV status and should not be the last to find out that they are HIV-positive, Human Rights Watch said.
03 December 2010 | Human Rights Watch

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Disclosure and children