WUNRN
CHILDREN & AIDS - 2013
STOCKTAKING REPORT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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UNICEF Report:
A
new report released by UNICEF shows great progress has been made to prevent
mother-to-child transmission of HIV, with more than 850,000 new childhood
infections averted between 2005 and 2012 in low- and middle-income countries. However,
the new 2013 Stocktaking Report on Children and AIDS raises the alarm on
adolescents, citing the need for increased global and national efforts
to address HIV and AIDS among this vulnerable age group. AIDS-related deaths
amongst adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 increased by 50 per cent
between 2005 and 2012, rising from 71,000 to 110,000, in stark contrast to
progress made in preventing mother-to-child transmission. There were
approximately 2.1 million adolescents living with HIV in 2012.
