International Journal of Nursing Education and Research

  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 4

HIV/AIDS and children

1Assistant Professor, P P Savani School of Nursing, P P Savani University, Dhamdod, Kosamba, Surat

2Nursing Tutor, P P Savani School of Nursing, P P Savani University, Dhamdod, Kosamba, Surat

*Corresponding Author E-mail: chandrashekhara.shettigara@ppsu.ac.in

Online published on 27 April, 2021.

Abstract

Children are innocent victims of HIV infection through vertical transmission. Children who are HIV positive, either through mother-to-child transmission or following sexual abuse, are often not told what could happen to them, and they will certainly be frightened when they experience symptoms.

Keywords

HIV, AIDS, Children