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PRNewswire - December 1, 2008
A THOUSAND CHILDREN ACROSS THE GLOBE ARE INFECTED WITH HIV EACH DAY - MOST THROUGH MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION. THAT NUMBER USED TO BE HIGHER, BUT THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF - OR PEPFAR - IS HELPING TO REDUCE IT.
PAMELA BARNES, PRESIDENT, ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION:
"Last summer, Congress renewed PEPFAR for five more years. PEPFAR is working, but we need to get life-saving prevention and care to more mothers and children. On World AIDS Day, we call on the new administration and Congress to make good on this promise."
ACTRESS GLORIA REUBEN:
"We know how to protect infants from HIV infection, and prevent pediatric AIDS. Medical services are needed in places like sub-Saharan Africa, where clinics are few and pregnant women find it difficult to get care. But now we need to fund this program, so we can create a generation free of HIV/AIDS."
FOR MORE, VISIT WWW.PEDAIDS.ORG.
I'M RACHEL FRANK.
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