The IMPACT of HIVAIDS on EDUCATION in KENYA, and Form

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[Music] [Music] is [Music] this is sheldon a child from homa bay county kenya who is healthy and living with hiv more than 25 percent of the population of homa bay lives with the virus despite progress in reducing hiv transmission from mothers to children during pregnancy or breastfeeding every year many children in homa bay are born with hiv juliet is one of them the individual for the first time the first time it can be hard to explain what their illness means to children living with hiv and some families are afraid to tell their children out of fear they will face discrimination but helping them understand is a vital step to ensuring that they take the virus suppressing medicine that they will need for the rest [Music] [Music] until recently most hiv medications weren't formulated with children in mind parents like beatrice say their children find the medicine hard to swallow or that it tastes bad [Music] without access to medication children born with hiv risk illness and potential