The National Center for AIDS and STI Control estimates that 58,000 Nepalese are living with HIV,and UNICEF/UNAIDS/USAIDS estimates that 13,000 have been orphaned by AIDS, 1.5% of Nepal's 835,000 orphans. The annual number of death from the disease will escalate from 3,000 in 2000 to 6,000 in 2005 according to epidemic projection made before extent of infection among the labour migrants was realized. If the epidemic accelerates more rapidly through the infection of migrants labourers moving regularly between India and within Nepal itself, the proportion of children orphaned and women widowed could grow exponentially. The assessment of Children and Families Affected by HIV/AIDS is one of UNICEF's contribution to His Majesty,s Government of Nepal's National Strategic Plan on HIV/AIDS June (2000-2006) and the action to meet its commitments from UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (June 2001) on Children (May 2002) and the Millennium Development Goals and targets.
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Publisher:
UNICEF
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Type / Script:
Progress Report
in English
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Keywords:
AIDS, DISEASES AND CARRIERS OF DISEASES, HIV/AIDS, HIV INFECTIONS, IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASES, VIRAL DISEASES, AIDS PREVENTION, ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, BLOOD SAFETY, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, DISEASES, CHILDREN
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Thematic Group:
UNICEF
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Children Fund
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Thesaurus:
10.03.02
- Diseases And Carriers Of Diseases
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