HIV and AIDS If you've read the profiles of children from Mozambique and Haiti on Kids Around the World, you know their lives are affected by a disease called AIDS. Steven, who lives in Mozambique, has AIDS, and his parents both died of this disease. AIDS affects the lives of nearly everyone in Mozambique as well as millions of other people in Africa and around the world. Micanor, Farah and Pierreline live in an orphanage in Haiti for children with AIDS or HIV (the virus that causes AIDS), or whose parents have died of AIDS.
Many people around the world have died from this disease, and many others are living with AIDS or have family members and friends who are sick. There are medications available for people who have HIV and AIDS. These medications cannot cure AIDS, but they can help people live longer, healthier lives. A lot of people and organizations around the world are also working very hard to help people with HIV and AIDS get the medicine and care that they need, to support their families and friends, and to educate people about how to avoid getting the disease.
The links below will help you learn more about HIV and AIDS.
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