HCM City now has roughly 65,000 children with HIV/AIDS. Since 2003, the City has launched a wide range of support activities and set up 12 programs to provide care for affected children.

Under these programs, as many as 5,000 affected children have been directly taken into care; of which 720 have been treated with antiretroviral (ARV) drugs.

However, the City is still confronted with numerous difficulties in the protection, care and education of children with HIV/AIDS due to the growing number of people infected, limited access to medical services, and discrimination against children with HIV/AIDS.

At the seminar, delegates exchanged experiences in discriminatory treatment against children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS, with the aim of creating a social unanimity on ensuring children’s educational rights and needs.