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Unlike our own
country, Botswana has
done almost everything right in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Yet
large numbers of children continue to die of AIDS-related
illnesses. This beautifully filmed documentary gives a human
face to the tragedy of children with HIV and its screening marks
the launch of a global project aimed at meeting the needs of
children affected by the virus.
Internationally children still see only a tiny fraction of the
resources dedicated to fight AIDS. Few HIV positive children
have access to life-preserving paediatric drugs. Even fewer
children orphaned and made vulnerable by AIDS receive outside
support and less than ten percent of women receive services to
prevent the transmission of HIV to their babies.
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Botswana
has done much to address the spread of the disease. It spends
almost a quarter of its budget on health and only 5% on defence.
But this is still not enough. While children have free access to
treatment, thousands of them die from AIDS every year and many
more have been orphaned by the disease.
“Saving a
Generation” will be screened on
25 October 2005, the day the
UNICEF launch their “Unite For Children, Unite Against AIDS”
campaign. It will highlight the fact that HIV/AIDS is now a
children’s disease, robbing tens of millions of their futures.
It aims to put children back in the picture – for treatment,
protection, prevention and support during pregnancy.
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