Explaining the objective of the study, titled the Children Affected By AIDS

Explaining the objective of the study, titled the Children Affected By AIDS (CABA), NACO’s antiretroviral therapy consultant Dr B B Rewari said, “CABA is trying to analyse how many constitutionally guaranteed nutritional, educational, psycho-social and legal rights for children are actually being exercised by HIV-affected children. Under this, we are covering children infected by HIV, those with one or both parents living with HIV, and those who have lost one or both parents to the virus.”

Researchers are also training anganwadi teachers, school authorities, doctors and nurses at primary healthcare centres on ways to handle HIV-affected children.

In Delhi, the only state in the list that does not feature in the high-risk category, the Northeast region was selected due to its high HIV prevalence rate. UNICEF, Family Health International (FHI) and USAID are other agencies supporting this study.