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This record assesses one of the most vital activities and adjustments for kids suffering from AIDS that happened within the first yr of the worldwide crusade Unite for kids. Unite opposed to AIDS. The record notes promising advancements - expanding numbers of kids receiving therapy, declining HIV incidence between youngsters, and the combination of youngsters and AIDS into nationwide coverage frameworks. but it additionally highlights the massive gaps in development that stay and seeks to discover how the crusade needs to circulate ahead in 2007 in an effort to in attaining its formidable targets.
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Providing paediatric treatment Estimated number of children (0–14 years old) living with HIV, 2005 Rwanda Estimated number of HIV-infected pregnant women, 2005 Number of infants born to HIVinfected pregnant women started on cotrimoxazole prophylaxis, 2005 % of infants born to HIV-infected pregnant women started on cotrimoxazole prophylaxis, 2005 Estimated number of children (0–14 years old) living with HIV in need of ART, 2005 Number of children (0–14 years old) receiving ART, 2005** % of children in need receiving ART, 2005 27,000 16,000 – – 7,400 1,443 20 Saint Kitts and Nevis – – – – – – – Saint Lucia – – – – – – – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – – – – – – – Samoa – – – – – – – Sao Tome and Principe – – 2 – – 2 – Saudi Arabia – – – – – – – Senegal 5,000 4,600 – – 1,800 126 7 Serbia‡ – 33 – – – – – – Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Sri Lanka – – – – – – 5,200 4,800 23 1 1,900 23 1 – <100 – – – – – – – – – – – – 4,500 4,400 – – 1,700 – – 240,000 250,000 64,291 26 67,000 12,247 18 – – <100 – – – – 30,000 23,000 – – 9,700 – – Suriname <100 <100 – – <100 – – Swaziland 15,000 14,000 764 5 5,200† 851 16 Syrian Arab Republic – – – – 50 – – Tajikistan – <100 – – – – – 110,000 110,000 – – 41,000 2,318 6 16,000 11,000 – – 4,100 6,495† >95† – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9,700 9,200 378 4 3,500 101 3 – – – – – – – Sudan Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago <1,000 600 – – <500 – – Tunisia – <200 – – – – – Turkey – – – – – – – Turkmenistan – <100 – – – – – Tuvalu – – – – – – – Uganda 110,000 110,000 – – 39,000 5,000† 13† Ukraine – 2,400 2,100 88 – 413 – United Arab Emirates – – – – – – – Uruguay – <500 – – – – – – Uzbekistan – <500 1 <1 – – Vanuatu – – – – – – – Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of – 2,300 – – – – – Viet Nam – 5,500 – – – 252 – Yemen – – – – – – – 130,000 160,000 97,000 98,000 – 5,505 – 6 40,000 44,000 5,000 1,700 13 4 Zambia Zimbabwe DEFINITIONS OF THE INDICATORS Estimated number of children living with HIV: Estimated number of children (0–14 years old) living with HIV as of 2005.
Percentage of infants born to HIV-infected pregnant women started on cotrimoxazole prophylaxis: Calculated by dividing the number of HIVexposed infants started on cotrimoxazole prophylaxis by the estimated number of children born to HIV-infected pregnant women, assuming a ratio of one child to one HIV-infected mother. The denominator is the estimated number of HIV-infected pregnant women. indd 34 Estimated number of children living with HIV in need of ART: Estimated number of children (0–14 years old) living with HIV in need of antiretroviral treatment (ART) as of 2005.
Percentage of children whose households received external support: Household surveys; Futures Group Coverage Survey 2006. NOTES – Data not available. * Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading. ** United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (2001) indicator. x Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country. ‡ Due to the cession in June 2006 of Montenegro from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, and its subsequent admission to the UN on 28 June 2006, disaggregated data for Montenegro and Serbia as separate States are not yet available.
