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Central African Republic: Teaching Street Children About HIV
Dec 28, 2006
by UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
Appalled by the deaths of their friends from AIDS-related infections, the street children of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, did not hesitate when offered the opportunity to learn more about the disease.
"I saw many of my friends die of AIDS - they did not know where to go for treatment because they were street children," said Bienvenu Samba, 25, who has spent 11 years living on the streets. "Many of them were HIV-positive or had sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), like gonorrhoea or syphilis."
The Central African Republic, ravaged by years of civil conflict, is one of the poorest countries in the world, and the United Nations has estimated that 10.7 percent of the country's approximately four million inhabitants are HIV-infected.
Copyright 2006 UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
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category: News from Other Sources : AIDS News
contributed by Olga Zhuykova on 28 December 2006
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