About the Campaign

• More than 15.2 million children have lost one or both parents to AIDS; over 12 million of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa.
• A child under the age of 15 dies of an AIDS-related illness every two minutes of every day.
• Every day, 1,000 children are infected with HIV; most of these children are newborns.
• More than 6,800 people are newly infected by HIV every day.
• It is estimated that 40 per cent of all new HIV infections are among adolescent and young people aged 15-24.
• Only 12 per cent of HIV positive mothers are receiving medicines that will help their unborn child from contracting HIV.
• Because of AIDS, children are losing their parents, their relatives, their teachers and community leaders like nurses, mayors and police officers.

AIDS is devastating millions of lives and is even undermining decades of global progress in children’s health and well-being.

Children cannot be left to suffer the consequences of this pandemic that is sweeping over them with unprecedented impact.

The suffering of children is the world’s shame.

UNICEF knows what needs to be done to protect children from the impact of AIDS and our work is showing results.

Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS gives you the opportunity to protect children.

Help make this the last generation of children to bear the brunt of AIDS.

UNICEF’s Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS campaign is building on our already extensive work for children’s health, including HIV and AIDS. By focusing our efforts on four key areas, the Four Ps, UNICEF will make a difference in the lives and life chances of children affected by AIDS.

UNICEF’s Four Ps:

• Prevention of Mother-to-Child transmission of HIV
• Provide paediatric treatment
• Protect and support children affected by HIV and AIDS
• Provide information and services to adolescents and young people so they have the knowledge they need to prevent infection.

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With your help, UNICEF can achieve its campaign goals to:

• Offer appropriate services to 80 per cent of HIV-positive pregnant women.
• Provide either antiretroviral treatment or cotrimoxazole (an antibiotic to fight off opportunistic infections), or both, to 80 per cent of children in need.
• Reach 80 per cent of children who have been affected by AIDS with support programmes including psychosocial programmes.
• Reduce the percentage of young people living with HIV by 25 per cent globally.