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Showing posts with label UNICEF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UNICEF. Show all posts
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Defeating a pandemic one child at a time
-TWO MILLION PEOPLE die each year from AIDS.
-TWO MILLION children under age 15 are HIV-positive.
-ONE THOUSAND children become infected each day.
-NINE OUT OF TEN children who are affected by AIDS live in Africa.
(statistics from UNICEF)
Compassion's AIDS Initiative provides the following:
1. Prevention
-health and prevention education
-mother-to-child transmission prevention
-initial testing
2. Treatment
-transportation to and from clinics
aniretroviral therapy (ART) and other medicinal support
-combating opportunistic infections and diseases (TB, malaria, etc.)
-nutritional supplements to aid treatment.
3. Rehabilitative care
-direct, ongoing health monitoring
-housing/shelter assistance
-income-generation assistance
Visit Comppasion's AIDS Inititive website here and help create hope one child at a time today.
Even $5 per month can make a difference. I support this cause and I challenge you to do the same.
God Bless,
-Micah
Labels:
AIDS,
children,
Compassion,
Compassion International,
disease,
HIV,
sickness,
UNICEF
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