Have HAART on World Aids Day
(01 Dec 09 - RV) Today, December 1st is World AIDS Day. According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.4 million people living with HIV, including 2.1 million children. In the last year alone 2.7 million people became infected with the virus. 2 million others died from AIDS.
This year’s theme is "Universal Access and Human Rights" and President of Caritas Internationalis, Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, has called for immediate action to prevent the deaths of children with HIV in poor countries. Caritas has launched a campaign called Haart for Children, which stands for Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy, the term given to treatment regimens to aggressively suppress viral replication and slow the progress of HIV disease. Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis Leslie Ann-Knight says with the right treatment it is possible to eliminate mother to child infection:
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