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An estimated 2.5 million children around the world are living with HIV/AIDs, according to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (JNAIDS) "2010 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic."

HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). The virus damages or destroys the cells of the immune system, leaving them unable to fight infections and certain cancers.  

Causes of HIV in Children

Most HIV infections in children are passed from mother to child during pregnancy,labor and delivery, or breastfeeding. However, thanks to preventive treatment regimens, the incidence of mother-to-child HIV transmission is decreasing. In 2009, an estimated 370,000 children contracted HIV during the perinatal and breastfeeding period, down from 500,000 in 2001, according to the JNAIDS report.

33 Million People Now Live With HIV. How Did We Get Here?

Other causes of child HIV include:

Blood transfusions. Blood transfusions using infected blood or injections with unsterilized needles can lead to HIV infection and AIDS in children. In the U.S. and other wealthier countries this problem has been virtually eliminated, but in poor countries this still occurs.

Illicit drug use. In central and Eastern Europe, injected drug use continues to spread HIV among young people living on the streets. In one study in the Ukraine, high-risk behaviors, including sharing needles, were prevalent among children as young as 10.

Sexual transmission. Although sexual transmission is not a main cause of HIV/AIDS among children, it does occur in countries where children become sexually active at an early age. Children may also become infected through sexual abuse or rape.

Symptoms of HIV/AIDS in Children

Many babies and children living with HIV are known or suspected to have the infection because their mothers are known to be infected. However, sometimes infection is not suspected until a child develops symptoms. Symptoms of HIVinfection vary by age and individual child, but following are some of the more common symptoms: 

• Failure to thrive, which is the failure to gain weight or grow according to standardized growth charts used by pediatricians.
• Failure to reach developmental milestones during the expected time frame.
• Brain or nervous system problems, characterized by seizures, difficulty with walking, or poor performance in school.
• Frequent childhood illnesses such as ear infections, colds, upset stomach, anddiarrhea. 

As HIV infection becomes more advanced, children start to develop opportunistic infections. These are infections that rarely affect healthy people but can be deadly for people whose immune systems aren't working properly. Common opportunistic infections related to HIV include:

• Pneumocystis pneumonia -- a fungal infection of the lungs
• Serious infection due to cytomegalovirus (CMV)
• A condition of lung scarring called lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis (LIP)
• Oral thrush or severe diaper rash due to Candida, a yeast infection

 

Treatments for Child HIV and AIDS

Due to improved prevention and treatment, AIDS-related deaths among children around the world are declining.

* Information is based on Webmd.com

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Anyone Can Get HIV

Fact. About 56,000 people in the U.S. get HIV each year, and 18,000 people with AIDS die each year. Anyone can get HIV -- men, women, and children, people who are gay or straight. Men who have sex with men make up more than half (53%) of new HIV infections each year. Women account for 27% of new infections, and children 13%. African-Americans make up almost half of all new HIV infections each year.

Quick Facts

• Anyone Can Get HIV

• More than 1 million people are living with HIV in the United States.

  1 in 5 doesn't know they are infected, according to the CDC.

• Around 1900, A Hunter Got the Virus From a Pan Troglodytes Chimpanzee.

• Kaposi's Sarcoma is a Purple Spotted Coloring of the skin, which is a Aides Related Cancer.
• In sub-Saharan Africa, Aides is known as the "SLIM DISEASE".
• Dr. Montagnier and Barre-Sinoussi discovered the Aides Virus.
• It wasn't until 1986 that researchers agreed to call the virus HIV.
• The virus was found from a swollen lymph gland of a Aides Patient.
• Elizabeth Taylor was the spokeswoman for the American Foundation for Aides Research.
• In 1985 The first HIV Test was licensed & Blood Banks started screening donations.
• In 1986, president Ronald Reagan publicly announces the word Aides.
• In 1987 Reagan makes the 1st AIDES Speech and urges People to talk about it.
• In 1987 US forbids immigration for people with AIDES virus, 2010 Obama Reversed the Policy.
• In 1988, the 1st World AIDES day was held on DECEMBER FIRST.
• In 1991, the RED RIBBON was introduced as the SYMBOL of AIDES & Magic Johnson Announces he is infected with HIV.
• In 1992, AIDES becomes the leading cause of DEATH in USA men aged 25-44.
• In 1993, CDC launches first condom ads on TV, in hopes to prevent spreading the virus.
• In 1996 the first break through on anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) was discovered, reducing AIDES  Deaths in America by 40%.
• In 2005, There is a break out of the Aides virus in CALIFORNIA's Porn Industry.
• In 2006, UNAIDES recommend adult circumcision after finding that it reduced the transmission from woman to men by half.
• In 2008, CDC states America is worse than first thought of, that Aides was increased by 11% since 2003.
• Most cases are related to men who have sex with other men.
• 33 million people now live with AIDES, but less than a third are getting medical attention, yet globally AIDES is in Declination.
• In 2010, Polls show that Americans no longer consider AIDES a major problem.
• 31% of AIDES cases are Heterosexual
• 12% of the US population are African Americans & account for 45% of the new HIV Infections.
• 2012 Researchers discovered a dozen new anti bodies that target the virus and can prevent 70% of the cells from infecting other cells in laboratories.
• 31% of new HIV cases each year are in people infected via heterosexual contact

Around 1900, a hunter got the AIDS virus from a Pan troglodytes chimpanzee.

• Around 1900, a hunter got the AIDS virus from a Pan troglodytes chimpanzee.

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SOURCES: Medical Reference from Medstar Television. Institute of Human Virology,http://www.ihv.org . American Social Health Association, http://www.ashastd.org . CDC, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm . National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, http://www.niaid.nih.gov . American Association of Blood Banks, http://www.aabb.org

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Ensuring child participation and human rights for vulnerable children

The child participation and human rights for vulnerable children emphasises the need to ensure children’s opinions and experiences are heard, and that children are included in planning, programming and interventions affecting them, as appropriate. The thematic area also focuses on upholding children’s rights and promoting child friendly and AIDS sensitive social services, legislation and judicial process that can help protect our children.

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REPSSI Training: Certificate Course in Community-Based Work with Children and Youth

REPSSI Training: Certificate Course in Community-Based Work with Children and Youth

As 2012 dawns and we make plans for the coming year, 1000 students in ten countries across Africa are preparing for their graduation.

 

For some, this is their first formal qualification. For many more, especially in rural areas, they could have only gained this qualification because it was offered through distance-learning.  

 

And for all of these students, the Certificate Course in Community-Based Work with Children and Youth has changed how they do their work, and specifically how they interact with vulnerable children.

 

The Certificate is a standardised, accredited course for East and Southern Africa. It responds to a critical regional demand for quality training in child care, and specifically social and emotional (psychosocial) support, child protection and promotion of children’s rights. 

 

It is designed for people working with children and youth. Students meet in small groups with a trained mentor every 3 weeks, and their written assignments are sent to be marked by an academic institution, for each of the 6 modules that comprise the course. Current students are community caregivers, field officers, social workers, teachers, police, and community workers who work with children through over 400 organisations and government in ten countries.   Click Here to read More

Psychosocial well-being: introduction and overview

UNAIDS (2008) estimated that by the end of 2007, nearly 12 million children in sub-Saharan Africa have lost one or both parents to AIDS. Millions of additional children in the region feel the triple effects and impact of HIV/AIDS, poverty and conflict. While there is no doubt that all these children have to be provided with basic services like food, shelter, education and healthcare, they also need care and support to cope with the emotional side of these difficult life situations. The Novartis Foundation supports REPSSI, a regional capacity building organization working in thirteen countries in East and Southern Africa. Its aim is to increase psycho-social well-being of children affected by HIV/AIDS, poverty and conflict.

Psycho-social care and support (PSS) embodies values, principles, actions, hopes and dreams that people have for the well-being of their lives. PSS focuses on the social and emotional needs of a child and forms part of a comprehensive and holistic understanding of health and well-being. The child’s emotional, spiritual, social, cultural, physical, political, mental, and economic needs are all essential for meaningful and positive aspects of human development.

PSS is explicitly present within mental health services interventions for a small percentage of children with clinical mental health diagnoses who need specialized psychiatric or psychological interventions.

PSS can also be offered via focused non-specialist interventions by paraprofessionals (e.g. structured group therapy interventions) to children exhibiting symptoms of distress and trauma. However, the most sustainable and important PSS is provided by friends and family, household and community members as part of everyday life. Externally provided assistance needs to support, and not undermine, these natural systems of care.

However, in order to reach the millions of children that have lost their parents or are victims of violence and conflict, PSS has to be mainstreamed in existing services, programs and activities – i.e. in educational and healthcare services delivered principally by governments.

REPSSI, along with its partners, has developed a range of tools and approaches in order to maximize both the quality of psycho-social care and support, as well as the numbers of children who are able to access various levels of PSS. Working through dozens of organizations and institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, REPSSI has reached around 3 million AIDS orphans by the end of 2008. Its goal is to reach 5 million by 2011.

Links
www.repssi.org/ REPSSI - Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative for Children affected by Aids, Poverty and Conflict
www.unaids.org UNAIDS - United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

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LIST OF COUNTY SHERIFFS

	Name	County	State
1	Blake Dorning	Madison	Alabama
2	Ana Franklin	Morgan	Alabama
3	Andy Hughes	Houston	Alabama
4	Jay Jones	Lee	Alabama
5	D.T. Marshall	Montgomery	Alabama
6	Scott Mascher	Yavapai	Arizona
7	Joe Arpaio	Maricopa	Arizona
8	Tom Sheahan	Mohave	Arizona
9	Paul Babeu	Pinal	Arizona
10	Adam Christianson	Stanislaus	California
11	Jon Lopey	Siskiyou	California
12	Tom Bosenko	Shasta	California
13	John D’Agostini	El Dorado	California
14	David Hencraft	Tehama	California
15	Dean Growden	Lassen	California
16	Dean Wilson	Del Norte	California
17	Mike Poindexter	Modoc	California
18	Thomas Allman	Mendocino	California
19	Mike Downey	Humboldt	California
20	Margaret Mims	Fresno	California
21	Greg Hagwood	Plumas	California
22	Bruce Haney	Trinity	California
23	Martin Ryan	Amador	California
24	Jerry Smith	Butte	California
25	Donny Youngblood	Kern	California
26	James W. Mele	Toulumne	California
27	Justin Smith	Larimer	Colorado
28	Terry Maketa	El Paso	Colorado
29	John Cooke	Weld	Colorado
30	Stan Hilkey	Mesa	Colorado
31	Lou Vallario	Garfield	Colorado
32	Rick Dunlap	Montrose	Colorado
33	Jeff Christopher	Sussex	Delaware
34	Bill Snyder	Martin	Florida
35	Frank McKeithen	Bay	Florida
36	Mike Scott	Lee	Florida
37	Rick Beseler	Clay	Florida
38	Bill McCarthy	Polk	Florida
39	Michael Adkinson	Walton	Florida
40	Grady Judd	Polk	Florida
41	Stacy Nicholson	Gilmer	Georgia
42	Scott Berry	Oconee	Georgia
43	Roger Garrison	Cherokee	Georgia
44	Neil Warren	Cobb	Georgia
45	Butch Conway	Gwinnett	Georgia
46	Gary Gulledge	Paulding	Georgia
47	Joe Chapman	Walton	Georgia
48	Roy Klingler	Madison	Idaho
49	Kieran Donahue	Canyon	Idaho
50	Daryl Wheeler	Bonner	Idaho
51	Chris Goetz	Clearwater	Idaho
52	Doug Giddings	Idaho	Idaho
53	Doug McFall	Jerome	Idaho
54	Brian Brokop	Lewis	Idaho
55	Joe Rodriguez	Nez Perce	Idaho
56	Tom Carter	Twin Falls	Idaho
57	Dave Resser	Benewah	Idaho
58	Edward Motley	Edgar	Illinois
59	Mike Emery	McLean	Illinois
60	Jerry Parsley	Clark	Illinois
61	Brad Rogers	Elkhart	Indiana
62	Warren M. Wethington	Cedar	Iowa
63	Frank Denning	Johnson	Kansas
64	Denny Peyman	Jackson	Kentucky
65	Michael A. Helmig	Boone	Kentucky
66	John Snedegar	Bath	Kentucky
67	Scott F. Harrison	Powell	Kentucky
68	Charles A. Jenkins	Frederick	Maryland
69	Dar Leaf	Barry	Michigan
70	Ted Schende	Benzie	Michigan
71	Mike Raines	Eaton	Michigan
72	Larry Stelma	Kent	Michigan
73	Robin Cole	Pine	Minnesota
74	Bill Rasco	DeSoto	Mississippi
75	Billy McGee	Forrest	Mississippi
76	Cecil Cantrell	Monroe	Mississippi
77	Brad A. DeLay	Lawrence	Missouri
78	Charles Heiss	Johnson	Missouri
79	Steve Cox	Livingston	Missouri
80	Mick Epperly	Barry	Missouri
81	Stephen Stockman	Mercer	Missouri
82	George R. Underwood	Oregon	Missouri
83	Michael Dixon	Osage	Missouri
84	Tom Rummel	Sanders	Montana
85	Jay Doyle	Lake	Montana
86	Scott F. Howard	Powell	Montana
87	Chris Hoffman	Ravalli	Montana
88	Darby Harrington	Wibaux	Montana
89	Mike Linder	Yellowstone	Montana
90	Ed Kilgpore	Humboldt	Nevada
91	Benjamin D. Trotter	Churchill	Nevada
92	Tony DeMeo	Nye	Nevada
93	Douglas R Dutile	Grafton	New Hampshire
94	Dan Houston	Bernalillo	New Mexico
95	Shawn Menges	Catron	New Mexico
96	Patrick R Jennings	Chaves	New Mexico
97	Johnny Valdez	Cibola	New Mexico
98	Jim Maldonado	Colfax	New Mexico
99	Dennis A. Cleaver	De Baca	New Mexico
100	Todd Garrison	Dona Ana	New Mexico
101	Scott London	Eddy	New Mexico
102	Raul Holguin	Grant	New Mexico
103	Michael R Lucero	Guadalupe	New Mexico
104	Herman Martinez	Harding	New Mexico
105	Saturnino Madero	Hidalgo	New Mexico
106	Mark Hargrove	Lea	New Mexico
107	Rick Virden	Lincoln	New Mexico
108	Marco Lucero	Los Alamos	New Mexico
109	Raymond Cobos	Luna	New Mexico
110	Benny House	Otero	New Mexico
111	Joe Schallert	Quay	New Mexico
112	Joe Mascarenas	Arriba	New Mexico
113	Darren Hooker	Roosevelt	New Mexico
114	Ken Christesen	San Juan	New Mexico
115	Benjie Vigil	San Miguel	New Mexico
116	Robert Garcia	Santa Fe	New Mexico
117	Joe Baca	Sierra	New Mexico
118	Phillip Montoya	Socorro	New Mexico
119	Miguel Romero Jr	Taos	New Mexico
120	Heath White	Torrance	New Mexico
121	William Spriggs	Union	New Mexico
122	Louis Burkhard	Valencia	New Mexico
123	Tony Desmond	Schoharie	New York
124	Richard Devlin Jr.	Otsego	New York
125	Donald Smith	Putnam	New York
126	David Cole	Steuben	New York
127	Coy Reid	Catawba	North Carolina
128	Adell Dobey	Edgefield	North Carolina
129	Jerry Jones	Franklin	North Carolina
130	Charlie McDonald	Henderson	North Carolina
131	Ed McMahon	New Hanover	North Carolina
132	Jimmy Thornton	Sampson	North Carolina
133	Eddie Cathey	Union	North Carolina
134	Donnie Harrison	Wake	North Carolina
135	Carey Winders	Wayne	North Carolina
136	A.J. Rodenberg	Clermont	Ohio
137	Sam Crish	Allen	Ohio
138	Bob ‘Big Block’ Colbert	Wagoner	Oklahoma
139	Johnny Tadlock	McCurtain	Oklahoma
140	Roger LeVick	Jackson	Oklahoma
141	Glenn E. Palmer	Grant	Oregon
142	Gil Gilbertson	Josephine	Oregon
143	Tim Mueller	Linn	Oregon
144	Craig Zanni	Coos	Oregon
145	John Hanlin	Douglas	Oregon
146	John Bishop	Curry	Oregon
147	Larry Blanton	Deschutes	Oregon
148	Jim Hensley	Crook	Oregon
149	Pat Garrett	Washington	Oregon
150	Dan Staton	Multnomah	Oregon
151	Mike Winters	Jackson	Oregon
152	Brian Wolfe	Malheur	Oregon
153	Mitchell Southwick	Baker	Oregon
154	Frank Skrah	Klamath	Oregon
155	Jason Myers	Marion	Oregon
156	Bob Wolfe	Polk	Oregon
157	Jack Crabtree	Yamhill	Oregon
158	Jim Muller	Adams	Pennsylvania
159	Eric J. Weaknecht	Berks	Pennsylvania
160	Clinton J. Walters	Bradford	Pennsylvania
161	Jeffrey C. Krieg	Elk	Pennsylvania
162	Al Cannon	Charleston	South Carolina
163	Chuck Wright	Spartanburg	South Carolina
164	Wayne DeWitt	Berkeley	South Carolina
165	Jim Matthews	Kershaw	South Carolina
166	James Metts	Lexington	South Carolina
167	Leon Lott	Richland	South Carolina
168	Jim Ruth	Bradley	Tennessee
169	Jim Hammond	Hamilton	Tennessee
170	Larry Smith	Smith	Texas
171	Terry Box	Collin	Texas
172	Joel W. Richardson	Randall	Texas
173	Jack Brandes	Austin	Texas
174	Johnny Brown	Ellis	Texas
175	Michael Cox	Hill	Texas
176	Bob Alford	Johnson	Texas
177	Earl Howell	McCulloch	Texas
178	Parnell McNamara	McLennan	Texas
179	David Medlin	Oldham	Texas
180	Tommy Gage	Montgomery	Texas
181	Dane Kirby	Fannin	Texas
182	Cameron M. Noel	Beaver	Utah
183	David Edmunds	Summit	Utah
184	James Tracy	Utah	Utah
185	Robert Dekker	Millard	Utah
186	Frank Park	Tooele	Utah
187	Joseph Yeates	Box Elder	Utah
188	G. Lynn Nelson	Cache	Utah
189	James Cordova	Carbon	Utah
190	Jerry Jorgensen	Daggett	Utah
191	Todd Richardson	Davis	Utah
192	Travis Mitchell	Duchesne	Utah
193	Greg Funk	Emery	Utah
194	James D. Perkins	Garfield	Utah
195	Steven White	Grand	Utah
196	Mark Gower	Iron	Utah
197	Alden Orme	Juab	Utah
198	Lamont Smith	Kane	Utah
199	Blaine Breshears	Morgan	Utah
200	Marty Gleave	Puite	Utah
201	Dale Stacey	Rich	Utah
202	Rick Eldredge	San Juan	Utah
203	Brian Nielson	Sanpete	Utah
204	Nathan Curtis	Sevier County	Utah
205	Jeff Merrell	Uintah	Utah
206	Todd Bonner	Wasatch	Utah
207	Cory Pulsipher	Washington	Utah
208	Kurt Taylor	Wayne	Utah
209	Terry Thompson	Weber	Utah
210	Merv Gustin	Duchesne	Utah
211	Than Cooper	Garfiled	Utah
212	James B. Nyland Sr.	Grand	Utah
213	Gene Ercanbrack	Morgan	Utah
214	Mike Lacy	San Juan	Utah
215	Kay P. Larsen	Sanpete	Utah
216	Phil Barney	Sevier	Utah
217	Kenneth Vanwagoner	Wasatch	Utah
218	Kirk Smith	Washington	Utah
219	Ken Bancroft	Asotin	Washington
220	Tom Jones	Grant	Washington
221	Dave Brown	Skamania	Washington
222	Brett Myers	Whitman	Washington
223	Ken Irwin	Yakima	Washington
224	Mike Harper	Roane	West Virginia
225	Ken Merritt	Wood	West Virginia
226	David A. Clarke Jr.	Milwaukee	Wisconsin