Today we came across this hard-hitting video from UNICEF which focuses on child survival series in relation to HIV. Some of the stats are shocking – but the message is clear – early diagnosis and access to treatment is vital if further deaths are to be prevented. UNICEF want to Unite For Children and Unite Against HIV – because “Each day 1000 children become infected with HIV”.

At the end of 2008, there were 2.1 million children living with HIV around the world.

An estimated 430,000 children became newly infected with HIV in 2008.

Of the 2 million people who died of AIDS during 2008, more than one in seven were children. Every hour, around 31 children die as a result of AIDS.

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