How does the situation of children affected by AIDS and response in India differ from Africa?
Foster G, Ghosh S, Bajpai D, McCormick P, Bhatt P, Richardson J; International Conference on AIDS (15th : 2004 : Bangkok, Thailand). Int Conf AIDS. 2004 Jul 11-16; 15: abstract no. WePeD6577. Family AIDS Caring Trust, Mutare, Zimbabwe Issues: India has the largest number of children affected by HIV/AIDS (CABA) (World Bank, 2003). The total number of HIV infections in India is similar to the total in sub-Saharan Africa a decade ago. Some states are at similar stages with rapidly rising HIV rates but impacts yet to fully emerge. Description: International HIV/AIDS Alliance, funded by Step Forward, Abbott Laboratories Fund, supports CABA programs in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Delhi involving 37 NGOs supporting 6,847 CABA and 22,931 beneficiaries and in Burkina Faso involving 40 NGOs supporting 5,200 CABA. During 2003, program assessments enabled comparisons between Africa and India and of past and present CABA situations: most large-scale HIV/AIDS responses in India involve targeted p
