Caritas cardinal: Help children with AIDS
December 01, 2009
The president of Caritas Internationalis, the worldwide consortium of Catholic charitable agencies, is calling upon the international community to assist the 2.1 million children with AIDS.
“It’s a basic human right that children grow up to become adults, and yet half of children with HIV die before their second birthday because they live in poor countries where access to adequate care is limited,” said Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga of Honduras. “No mother or father should have to watch helplessly as their child dies. No child should have to suffer because they were born in a country with a high AIDS rate and a poor health system.”
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Further information:
- Have HAART on World Aids Day (Vatican Radio)
- www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=338584
- HIV-infected Chinese children struggle with stigma (Reuters)
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