“The HIV infection rates among young people are a searing indictment, documenting failures of vision, commitment and action of almost unbelievable proportions,” says the report, which was released at the 13th International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. And teenage girls are being infected at an alarming rate, 50% higher than that of boys, according to UNICEF. Hundreds of thousands have lost their teachers and, as a result, their access to education. Children are among the main victims of the rampaging AIDS epidemic in southern Africa, and the world’s response has been shortsighted and incompetent, according to a scorching report issued Wednesday by the United Nations Children’s Fund, commonly known as UNICEF.Įleven million children have been orphaned by the disease.
