AIDS causes sharp rise in number of Brazilian orphans.

AIDS weekly plus Pub Date : 1996-10-28
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An estimated 183,000 Brazilian children are at risk of losing their mothers to AIDS, according to a survey released. The survey, sponsored by UNICEF, was conducted by the John Snow Institute. Survey estimates are that 10,600 Brazilian children younger than 14 years have already lost their mothers to AIDS, 34,600 have mothers with AIDS, and 137,800 have mothers infected with HIV. Of these 183,000 children, 8% are infected with HIV. "It's like saying 183,000 children have boarded an airplane without pilot, co-pilot, or flight attendants, flying without direction, lost in the air," said Miguel Fontes. "We want these children to disembark again as citizens and members of the workforce." Further estimates were that the number of children orphaned by AIDS could more than double by the year 2000 and that support for each orphan could cost Brazil up to $16,000 annually. Preventive measures would only cost between $400 and $1000 annually per child, Fontes added. Preventive measures should include better access to HIV testing and treatment, he said, and programs directed at low-income families, custody plans for orphans and legal measures to support families affected by AIDS.

艾滋病导致巴西孤儿数量急剧上升。
据公布的一项调查显示,巴西估计有18.3万名儿童面临母亲死于艾滋病的风险。这项调查由联合国儿童基金会赞助,由约翰·斯诺研究所进行。调查估计,10 600名14岁以下的巴西儿童已经因艾滋病失去了母亲,34 600名儿童的母亲患有艾滋病,137 800名儿童的母亲感染了艾滋病毒。在这18.3万名儿童中,8%感染了艾滋病毒。米格尔·丰特斯说:“这就像说,18.3万名儿童在没有机长、副机长或空乘人员的情况下登上了一架飞机,他们没有方向,在空中迷失了方向。”“我们希望这些孩子再次以公民和劳动力的身份上岸。”进一步的估计是,到2000年,因艾滋病而成为孤儿的儿童人数可能增加一倍以上,巴西每年为每个孤儿提供的支助费用可能高达16 000美元。Fontes补充说,预防措施每年每个孩子只需要花费400到1000美元。他说,预防措施应包括更好地获得艾滋病毒检测和治疗,针对低收入家庭的项目,孤儿监护计划,以及支持受艾滋病影响家庭的法律措施。
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