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1,000 children infected with
HIV in Venezuela: UNICEF
At least 1,000 Venezuelan
children are infected with HIV,
the virus that causes AIDS, the
UN Childrens' Fund (UNICEF) was
quoted as saying on Friday by
Venezuela's El Universal
newspaper.
Of the total, some 390 have been
abandoned by their families,
said Ana de Emilio, a UNICEF
spokeswoman.
In Venezuela, the Health
Ministry and more than 60
non-governmental organizations
are working in awareness
campaigns that help fight the
spread of AIDS.
Meanwhile, UNICEF estimates that
some 150 million children suffer
from health problems in the
world and a large number of them
lack medical care.
In many places, these children
are abandoned or denied contact
with the community, and they are
even shunned or mistreated,
UNICEF said.
Figures from the United Nations
also show that by 2010 more than
21 million children and
adolescents will have been
orphaned by AIDS.
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