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Mon 10 Oct 2008Forum highlights plight of children living with HIV
The plight of children living in households affected by HIV represents remains “the missing face” of the global AIDS pandemic, an international conference in Dublin heard today.
In an address to the Global Forum on Children Affected by HIV and Aids taking place at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, UNICEF executive director Ann Veneman said children in the developing world living in households affected by the virus were often forced to drop out of school to care for sick relatives or to engage in paid work when a breadwinner falls ill.
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