Comments on: A child living with HIV/AIDS (World AIDS Day)

By: Christmas in Cambodia

Christmas in Cambodia — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:16:34 +0000

[...] A poem about kids living with HIV [...]

By: colon detox

colon detox — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:43:10 +0000

i wonder when are we going to have the cure for HIV/AIDS ? we are living on an age with very high technology but still we have not found a cure for this disease.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:41:03 +0000

Kimmy,

I was/am in the same position. After searching for more information, it seems to me that the “first level” ARV drugs are generally expected to work for a few years. Then “second level” drugs are necessary and so on. Many kids in underdeveloped countries will only have access to 1st and 2nd level drugs, because after that the treatment is too expensive. “Third level” drugs also involve injections, and they require refrigeration (I believe), so the orphanage that I work with would have to send kids to a hospital at that point. Besides not having money for the more expensive treatment, they also don’t have electricity in that area yet.

As you must know, the reality is only about thirty percent of people who need treatment for AIDS to survive (worldwide) get any drugs at all, and many of those thirty percent are in wealthy nations.

On the face of it, it’s scary (which is where the poem came from). But there is hope that more powerful drugs will drop in price by the time they are needed and that new drugs will be invented as well.

I’ll be writing a new post with more thoughts about where God’s love fits into all of this in a day or two, so please stick around.

By: kimmy

kimmy — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:18:26 +0000

i read this hoping to get more info about innocent children living with HIV*AIDS because i have lived with one and am currently out of the country and but am always worried and asking God how long has he given us that joyful handsome boy.Thanks for the poem

By: Nathan Ketsdever

Nathan Ketsdever — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:12:35 +0000

I love the new format. Very lovely. Glad to link to it.

By: Children Living with HIV/AIDS for Worlds AIDS Day « Compassion in Politics: Christian Social Justice, Non-Profit Organizations, and Life Theology

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:06:48 +0000

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By: Wayne

Wayne — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:51:17 +0000

Great poetry Andy, and thanks for making people more aware of Children affected by HIV.

With all our Love!

From the children of Wat Opot Children’s Community
Wayne Dale Matthysse